Mellophone, E-flat
Maker
Couesnon & Cie
Date1928 ca.
Place MadeParis, Chateau-Thierry, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / COUESNON & CIE / FOURNISSEURS DE L’ARME / 94 RUE D’ANGOULEME / PARIS / CHATEAU-THIERRY / 28 (within a pomegranate)MarkingsnoneDescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.DimensionsBell diameter: 11 in (280 mm)Bore: cannot be measuredProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 464-465.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02217
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