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Flugelhorn, B-flat

Flugelhorn, B-flat

Date: 1915 ca.
Place Made:Kaiserslautern, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: F. MALLACH / KAISERSLAUTERN
MarkingsStamped on back of metal valve linkage: 2
DescriptionSingle loop brass body with German-silver fittings; U-shaped first bow
Telescopic main tuning slide at leadpipe with wing screw adjustment
Undecorated German-silver garland
Saxon rim with iron wire insert
Tab seam at bell

Three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (whole tone, semione, minor third) with three-point-wing device and pin stop, clock-spring return mechanism with ratchet and pawl and gear mechanism
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 393 mm
Bell diameter: 155 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.5 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 04614