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Flugelhorn
Maker: F. Besson
Date: 1867-1872 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: 18891
SignedEngraved on bell: JB / F. BESSON / BREVETÉE / 198 EUSTON RD / LONDON
Stamped on second valve casing: BESSON / BREVETTE / 18891
Stamped on second valve casing: BESSON / BREVETTE / 18891
MarkingsEngraved above signature, surrounded by elaborate cartouche with wreath: LOUIS SCHREIBER / Sole Agents / U. STATES
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 13 14 15
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 13 14 15
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight (with telescopic leadpipe, at shortest): 440 mm
Bell diameter: 145 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.3 mm (0.406 in)
Bell diameter: 145 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.3 mm (0.406 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 107-110.
Object number: 00422