Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, C, low pitch

Maker: Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Distributor: C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Date: 1929 ca.

Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

Model: 22E

Serial No: 81087

SignedEngraved on bell: PAN AMERICAN / Made in / ELKHART – IND. / U.S.A.

DescriptionBrass; with later lacquer. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.

DimensionsBell diameter: 267 mm (10-1/2 in)
Bore: cannot be measured

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Terms

Valve horn

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. 336-337.

Object number: 01952