Mellophone, E-flat
Distributor
Lyon & Healy
Date1897-1915 ca.
Place MadeBohemia, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
ModelChampion Silver Piston
Serial No.none
SignedEmgraved on bell: CHAMPION / SILVER PISTON / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 148 149 150
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 280 mm
Bell diameter: 275 mm
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. 468-469.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02219
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