Mellophone, E-flat, low pitch

Trade Name: 20th Century (trade name)

Date: 1920-1935 ca.

Place Made:Czechoslovakia, Europe

Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America

Serial No: none

SignedEngraved on bell: 20TH CENTURY

MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 28 29 30
Stamped on second valve casing: 3

DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.

DimensionsCoil diameter: 322mm
Bell diameter: 262mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.4mm (0.491in)

Terms

Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Wilbur Gullion, 1974

Not on view

Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments . . ., DMA dissertation, (University of Oklahoma, 1985), pages 72-73.

Object number: 00390