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Flugelhorn, B-flat
Maker: Anton Konrad Hüttl
Maker: Anton Konrad Huttl Jr.
Date: 1905-1910 ca.
Place Made:Graslitz, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: A. K. HÜTTL MUS. INSTR. FABRIK GRASLITZ O.K.H.
MarkingsEngraved on lyre holder: LL [owner's initials?]
Engraved on wing screw at receiver: A
Stamped on coil-spring support bar, horizontal push rods, inner cover plates, and lower valve caps: 11
Stamped on second and third valve caps: one and two dots
Engraved on wing screw at receiver: A
Stamped on coil-spring support bar, horizontal push rods, inner cover plates, and lower valve caps: 11
Stamped on second and third valve caps: one and two dots
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, Leipzig spiral-spring return.
This instrument resembles the Bohemian long model B-flat flugelhorn depicted in a catalog from ca. 1925 by Josef Glassl in Graslitz. It was therefore made during the era of Anton Konrad Hüttl jun., who died in 1920, and not while the firm’s founder Anton Konrad Hüttl (1826-1901) was still active.
This instrument resembles the Bohemian long model B-flat flugelhorn depicted in a catalog from ca. 1925 by Josef Glassl in Graslitz. It was therefore made during the era of Anton Konrad Hüttl jun., who died in 1920, and not while the firm’s founder Anton Konrad Hüttl (1826-1901) was still active.
DimensionsHeight: 436 mm
Tube length: 1294 mm, 1304 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.9 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11.2 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide: 11.3 mm, 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 141 mm
Tube length: 1294 mm, 1304 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.9 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11.2 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide: 11.3 mm, 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 141 mm
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. 155, 174-175, 188, 190, 304.
Object number: 06864