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Mellophone, E-flat, low pitch

Mellophone, E-flat, low pitch

Maker: Ohio Band Instrument Company (Division of F. A. Reynolds Company)
Date: 1938 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: Regent
Serial No: 8926
SignedEngraved on bell: The Regent / MADE BY / OHIO BAND / INSTRUMENT CO. / CLEVELAND / O.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 292 mm
Primary bore: 11.7 mm (0.460 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 304-305.
Object number: 01461