Mellophone, E-flat
Distributor
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Date1924-1928 ca.
Place DistributedKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Czechoslovakia, Europe
ModelNew Jenkins Special
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell, surrounded by engraving: THE / NEW / JENKINS / SPECIALMarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: CZECHO / SLOVAKIADescriptionBrass; 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
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.
Credit LineGift of Joseph Wilbur Gullion, 1974
Object number00413
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