Mellophone, F, E-flat
Maker
H. N. White Company
Date1918 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelKing
Serial No.47006
SignedEngraved on bell within floral design: KING / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE Co. / CLEV'D / O.Stamped on second valve casing -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 47006
MarkingsStamped on rotary change valve: 716
Stamped on valve casings, largest guiding lugs, valve stems, spring barrels, and underneath valve caps, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on spring barrels and underside of valve caps: 47006
Score marks on internal slide tubing, as well as stamped: Eb
DescriptionBrass. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 279 mm (11 in)
Bore: 12.5 mm (0.492 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, "A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 294-295.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01388
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