Trumpet, oval, B-flat
Alternate name(s)
- Flugelhorn trumpet, B-flat
Distributor
August Clemens Glier
Date1926 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelTrumpet no. 17 ½
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: AUG. CLEMENS GLIER / [eagle] / MARKNEUKIRCHEN i. S.MarkingsStamped on inner cover plates and lower valve caps: 1
Stamped on first valve: one dot
Stamped on second valve: two dots
DescriptionBrass, German silver, S-shaped first loop followed by oval bell, tuning slide at first bow, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return, regulating gear.
This oval trumpet is a modification of the oval flugelhorn (Kuhlohorn). It has a narrower bore profile than the flugelhorn and was intended as a brighter instrument to play the top part of the "trombone choir" (Posaunenchor). This particular instrument was offered as "Trompete no. 17½" in Glier’s Sonderliste P from ca. 1926. The firm of August Clemens Glier, established in 1878, made only string instruments; however, they distributed brass instruments purchased from smaller workshops in the vicinity of Markneukirchen and Graslitz.
DimensionsHeight: 347 mm
Tube length: 1336 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.9 mm, 11.1 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 124 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Published ReferencesSabine K. Klaus, “Oval trumpet or 'flugelhorn trumpet' in B-flat by August Clemens Glier” International Trumpet Guild Journal, vol. 40, no. 3 (June 2016), p. 38.
Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 150, 177-179, 181-182, 304.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06956
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