Object Description

Maker unknown France, after 1930For the modification of pitch, a rubber band covers by means of a mechanism a fine slit along the body.PATENTS / APPLIED FOR / "MELLOSAX ' / MADE / IN FRANCE (stamped insignia, rim) brass, nickel-plated; rubber bandSlide mechanism; two keys near finger holderL. 608 mm (Without m6uthpiece); 0 94 mm (bell rim)Purchase (from the Ernst W. Buser collection, Binningen) lnv. 1997.201.