MELLOPHONE

also called Ballad Horn, Concert Horn, Mellohorn, or Tenor Cor, a brass musical instrument, an alto horn built in coiled form, often used in marching bands as a substitute for the French horn. It is pitched in E or F, with a compass from the second A or B below middle C to the second E or F above, derived from the orchestral horn. The mellophone, a circular tenor horn (althorn), is usually built right handed and looks like a French horn. It bears no relationship to the mlophone, a free-reed instrument.