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Objekt 5

'Mellosax'

Object description

Maker unknown

France, after 1930

For 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 band

Slide mechanism; two keys near finger holder

L. 608 mm (Without m6uthpiece); 0 94 mm (bell rim)

Purchase (from the Ernst W. Buser collection, Binningen)

lnv. 1997.201.

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