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Soprano Flugelhorn, E-flat
Alternate name:Pikkolo, E-flat
Maker: F. August Goram
Date: 1900 ca.
Place Made:Thorn, Poland, Europe
Serial No: FRC-52
SignedEngraved on bell garland: F. A. Goram Thorn.
MarkingsEngraved on bell: 2
Engraved on leadpipe: FRC-52 (serial or band number)
Stamped on garland: 5 [?]…2
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods: 2
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods of second valve: one dot
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods of third valve: two dots
Engraved on leadpipe: FRC-52 (serial or band number)
Stamped on garland: 5 [?]…2
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods: 2
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods of second valve: one dot
Stamped on underside of touchpieces and horizontal push rods of third valve: two dots
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, clock-spring return.
F. August Goram was born in Wohlbach, near Adorf, close to Markneukirchen, where he trained with Friedrich August Schüller between 1885 and 1887. Goram founded a workshop in Thorn before 1894, and moved to Dresden in 1920. The city of Thorn is now in Poland, but was Prussian territory until 1919.
F. August Goram was born in Wohlbach, near Adorf, close to Markneukirchen, where he trained with Friedrich August Schüller between 1885 and 1887. Goram founded a workshop in Thorn before 1894, and moved to Dresden in 1920. The city of Thorn is now in Poland, but was Prussian territory until 1919.
DimensionsHeight: 317 mm
Tube length: 956 mm, 968 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.7 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11.3 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide: 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 100 mm
Tube length: 956 mm, 968 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.7 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11.3 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide: 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 100 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D. C.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine 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. 182-183, 189, 303.
Object number: 06865