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Mellophone, F, E-flat, D, C
Trade name:French horn model alto
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1911 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: French Horn Model Alto
Serial No: 119690
SignedEngraving on bell: MADE BY / C. G. Conn / ElKHART / IND.
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 305 mm (12 in)
Bore: cannot be measured
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 396-397.
Object number: 02051