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Flugelhorn, B-flat
Flugelhorn, B-flat
Flugelhorn, B-flat

Flugelhorn, B-flat

Date1984
Place MadeMainz, Germany, Europe
Model70 (four-valve version)
Serial No.1187
SignedEmbossed on German silver plaque at bell: GEBR. / ALEXANDER / MAINZ / W. GERMANY
MarkingsEngraved on leadpipe: Mod. 70
Stamped on upper second valve cap: 1187
Stamped on valve bearings: UNIBAL / SF 230 / SWISS MADE (first and fourth valve) and MADE BY / SCHAUBLIN / DELEMONT (second and third valve)

Stamped on valve casings and underside of touchpieces: 30
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, four mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½, 2½) with horseshoe stop and Cologne spiral-spring return, windway 1-2-3-4.

Telescopic tuning slide of German-silver; silver flugelhorn mouthpiece stamped: ALEXANDER . MAINZ / 5.

This instrument is a modification of model no. 70 (three-valve B-flat flugelhorn) with the addition of a fourth rotary valve for lowering the pitch by a fourth.


DimensionsHeight: 437 mm
Tube length: 1287 mm, 1297 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 12.1 mm, 11.3 mm
Bore diameter (tuning slide, initial, minimum): 10.3 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 150 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Giardinelli, New York, New York, 1985.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06862
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