[Ads-l] OED Appeals

[Bill Mullins]

The June updates to the OED included appeals for Mellophone (1901).

1860 _Birmingham [England] Daily Post_ 18 May 2/4 [newspapers.com]
"He does not descend to the 'bones,' but supplies the deficiency, if such it may be termed, with performances on the mellophone -- an instrument of great capacity in his hands -- on the piano-forte, and on the violin."


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