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.