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Mellophone, E-flat

Mellophone, E-flat

Date: 1925-1935 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by foliate design: A. K. Hüttl / Graslitz
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 34 35 36
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 10-1/2 in (267 mm)
Bore (second valve slide): cannot be measured
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. 378-379.
Object number: 02042