Flugelhorn, B-flat
Maker
Emanuel Hüller
Date1890 ca.
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: Emanuel Hüller Musik-Instrumenten-Errzeugung, Graslitz, BöhmenMarkingsnone
DescriptionSingle-loop German-silver body with shepherd's crook first bow.
Floral engravings on bell and bell-bow guard
German-silver garland with tendril engraving and stamped heart-shaped leaf pattern
Saxon rim with iron wire insert
Tab seam on bell
Three mechanical-linkage rotary valves with three-point-wing device and pin stop, clock-spring return with adjusment wheel.
Whole tone, semitone, minor third.
Floral mother-of-pear inlay in abalone at touchpieces and top valve screws (third valve screw replaced). Bottom-vave caps with floral engraing and abalone inlay.
No tuning slide, but likely originally with telescopic main tuning slide at leadpipe (now replaced)
DimensionsHeight: 425 mm
Bell diameter: 141 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04156
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