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Flugelhorn, C
Date: 1850 ca.
Place Made:Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Place Made:Saxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsAmateur owner’s engraving on bell: L D
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three double-piston valves (1, ½, 1½), clock-spring return.
The simple cup-shaped valve caps at the end of the double pistons suggest Bavarian or Saxon origin.
The simple cup-shaped valve caps at the end of the double pistons suggest Bavarian or Saxon origin.
DimensionsHeight: 375 mm
Tube length: 1140 mm (including slide)
Bore diameter receiver: 11.4 mm
Bore diameter valves: 10.8 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.6 mm, 10.1 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Tube length: 1140 mm (including slide)
Bore diameter receiver: 11.4 mm
Bore diameter valves: 10.8 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.6 mm, 10.1 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 form Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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. 83, 106, 108-109, 299.
Object number: 07017