Mellophone, E-flat
Maker
Bohland & Fuchs
Distributor
Chicago Musical Instrument Company
Date1920-1935 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Student
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: AMERICAN / student / Made By / Boland & Fuchs / BohemiaMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 52 53 54
Stamped on the second valve casing: 12
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 260 mm (10-1/4 in)
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 324-325.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01946
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