100 year old Mellophone Vs. French Horn

Absolute killer thrift store find! I always have my eye out for wacky or obscure instruments. 0:00 Intro 0:44 Crooks 1:14 Crook Demonstration 2:38 Mello Vs. Horn Sound Test 4:08 Is it Really a Mello? I mentioned Trent Hamilton's video on this instrument. You can check it out here:    • What's the instrument?? It's a Tenor Cor   Source citation: "A trip through the Holton Factory." (Elkhorn, Wis.: Frank Holton and Co., 1920); Online facsimile at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turni... Visited on: 8/7/2025 Image citations: "Naturhorn mit 9 Stimmbögen, einem Ganztonkoppler und dazugehöriger Kiste" by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, is licensed under CC0 1.0 "Trombone" by Metropolitan Museum of Art, is licensed under CC0 "Yamaha Flugelhorn" by Yamaha Corporation, is licensed under CC0 "Yamaha Mellophone" by Yamaha Music Europe, is licensed under CC 4.0 "AGK bass" by Andrew Kepert, is licensed under CC0 "A standard set of timpani Percussion" by Jorge Royan, is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 #mellophone #frenchhorn #marchingband #band