Mellophone, E-flat
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1914-15
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelHolton Mellophone Finish B
Serial No.29743
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / Frank Holton / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on back of second valve: Frank Holton & Co / CHICAGO / 29748
Stamped on second valve: [Union label]
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 265 mm
Primary bore: 11.8 mm (0.465 in)
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. 434-435.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02155
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