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Mellophone, E-flat

Mellophone, E-flat

Date: 1924-1928 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (Graslitz), Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place Distributed:Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
Model: New Jenkins Special
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell, surrounded by engraving: THE / NEW / JENKINS / SPECIAL
MarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: CZECHO / SLOVAKIA
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 320 mm
Bell diameter: 260 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Wilbur Gullion, 1974
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, DMA Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 78-79.

Object number: 00413