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Flugelhorn, B-flat

Alternate name(s)

Preussisches Kornett, B-flat

Date1900 ca.

Place MadeSweden, Europe

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Serial No.none

SignednoneMarkingsStamped on bell: Three crowns. Stamped on valve caps, inner cover plates, and push rods: 1, followed by one, two and three dots or strokes respectively. Stamped on clock-spring mechanism bar: 1DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 2), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return.

Although in principle a flugelhorn with narrow bell flare, this instrument was referred to as "Preussisches Kornett" (Prussian cornet) in the regions of its origin. C. W. Moritz in Berlin listed a similar instrument as “Cornet in C or B” in a catalog from 1880. The third valve lowers the pitch by two whole tones, a common feature of early valve instruments from Berlin that continued to be in use in Sweden into the 1920s. In Graslitz, instruments of this type were produced as “Swedish models.” It is possible that the three crowns, stamped on the bell, refer to the Swedish coat of arms, athough the arrangement of the crowns is reversed, one over two rather than two over one. The crown stamps may indicate that the instrument was put together in Sweden from imported parts.
DimensionsHeight: 438 mm
Tube length: 1301 mm, 1311 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.8 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11.5 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 11.3 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 103 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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. 172, 188, 193, 303.

Sabine K. Klaus, "Swedish Cornet in B-flat, Germany or Sweden, ca. 1900," International Trumpet Guild Journal, June 2018, p. 49.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number07012

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