Flugelhorn, oval, B-flat
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Kuhlohorn, B-flat
Maker
Mirafone Corporation
Date1982-1983 ca.
Place MadeWaldkraiburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Model03 00250, type 05000
Serial No.12110
SignedEngraved on side of bell: MIRAFONE [in triangle with sunbeams] / 12110Engraved on garland: MADE IN GERMANY
MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces, inner cover plates, and underside of horizontal push rods: 16
Stamped on upper third-valve cap and underside of horizontal push rod of second valve: N 16
Written by hand on underside of third-valve touchpiece in black felt pen: 051
DescriptionBrass, German silver, S-shaped first loop followed by oval bell, tuning slide at second bow, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, Cologne spiral-spring return.
This oval flugelhorn or Kuhlohorn in B-flat represents model 03 00250, type 05000, in brass with nickel silver trimming and three spiral-spring rotary valves. Based on the serial number and information provided by Miraphone eG, the instrument was built in 1982 or 1983. “MIRAPHONE” or “MIRAFONE” was founded in 1948 by thirteen brasswind makers who were expelled from Graslitz, Bohemia, and who decided to continue their craft in Waldkraiburg, Bavaria, near Munich.
DimensionsHeight: 328 mm
Tube length: 1317 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 10.8 mm, 10.8–11 mm, 10.8 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
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. 180-182, 304.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06867
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