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Mellophone, E-flat, D
Mellophone, E-flat, D
Mellophone, E-flat, D

Mellophone, E-flat, D

Distributor
Date1918-1930 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
ModelProfessional
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: PROFESSIONAL / WURLITZER
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 52 53 54
Stamped on second valve casing: 3
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: CZECHO / SLOVAKIA
Stamped on Eb and D tuning slides: 53
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 285 mm
Bell diameter: 265 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.6 mm (0.418 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), p. 163. [listed erroneously as NMM 1591]

Gary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 334-335.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01951
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