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Mellophone, E-flat
Maker: Couesnon & Cie
Date: 1928 ca.
Place Made:Paris, Chateau-Thierry, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / COUESNON & CIE / FOURNISSEURS DE L’ARME / 94 RUE D’ANGOULEME / PARIS / CHATEAU-THIERRY / 28 (within a pomegranate)
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 11 in (280 mm)
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. 464-465.
Object number: 02217