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Mellophone, F, E-flat, C, D, high pitch, low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1904 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: New Wonder model
Serial No: 84533
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART – IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 84533
Stamped on second valve casing: 84533
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 260 mm
Bell diameter: 229 mm (9 in)
Bell diameter: 229 mm (9 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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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. 518-519.
Margaret Downie Banks, Elkhart's Brass Roots: an Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of C. G. Conn's Birth and the 120th Anniversary of the Conn Company (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1994), p. 42.
Margaret Downie Banks, Elkhart's Brass Roots: an Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of C. G. Conn's Birth and the 120th Anniversary of the Conn Company (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1994), p. 42.
Object number: 02949