#melophone

[instrumental-artistry]

Melophone, ca. 1850-1855 Paris, France

- Materials: Maple, Brass - Notes: Melophones are mechanically similar to accordions, categorized as a free reed instrument and uses double-bellows. The player pushes and pulls the lever at the bottom, and uses the buttons along the fingerboard for individual and simultaneous notes.

[makesbetter]

Brass instruments??? That aren’t trumpets or tubas??? As if.

[smallratty]

Things that have been said at band camp so far

“Technically I’m a lesbian except for my boyfriend”

“The tuner is my sleep paralysis demon”

“White bois unite AKA marching band”

“Everyone’s either depressed, gay, or depressed and gay”

“Only short people can steal kneecaps, it’s how we grow”

“My kneecap did a 360”

“I’m a Hufflepuff because I’m too gay to be a Gryffindor”

“It sounds like Mac and cheese”

“I need help opening my Jesus bottle”

“It’s me, backup dancer man”

“Nothing is impossible when it kill god for his power”

“Give me the cheese!”

They’re trying to steal my tic tacs.” *shakes ibuprofen bottle*

“Martha you will not have my hands”

“The tampon is inside the juul”

“As a Christian, I rebuke that”

“Mom says it’s MY turn on the dust”

“Religiously, I am no longer eating Chick-Fil- A”

“You guys hold on let me get my Yu-Gi-Ou cards”

[murgoten]

[shrumphey]

Mello Mom, Client is a mom that son play mellophone in the band.

[zacthephotographer]

This photo was taken whilst the hornline of Kidsgrove Scouts were warming up. I shot through a baritones horn triangle to get this cheeky shot of some of the melophone players

[zacthephotographer]

from a recent shoot with kidsgrove scouts drum corps in the UK.