"mellophone" meaning in English

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      "form": "mellophones",
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          "word": "mellophonist"
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          "ref": "2016, Michael J. Pagliaro, “How Brass Instruments Compare to Each Other” (chapter 9), in The Brass Instrument Owner's Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield, page 158",
          "text": "On the issue of the mellophone being used as an introductory instrument for a beginning French horn student you must consider the fact that although they look similar, the instruments are entirely different.",
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          "ref": "1920, Glenn Howard Woods, “Introduction in the Elementary Schools” (chapter V), in Public School Orchestras and Bands, Oliver Ditson and Company, page 46",
          "text": "A pupil wishing to study the French horn will make more rapid progress by having at least a year's experience on the mellophone.",
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          "ref": "1916, “Letters”, in The Musical Messenger, volume XII, number 2, page 23",
          "text": "[…] yet for concert work I much prefer the mellophone (where French horns are not available) played in a creditable manner to the upright alto as played by some of the alto players I have heard who pose musicians.",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "brass instrument",
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          "word": "melòfon"
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          "sense": "brass instrument",
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          "word": "mellofono"
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  "word": "mellophone"
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      "word": "melòfon"
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