Flugelhorn, B-flat
Maker
Gustav Adolf Wagner
Date1904-1934 ca.
Place MadeDresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Gustav A. Wagner / Instrumentenmacher / Dresden.MarkingsStamp on valve caps, inner cover plates, push rods, and needle bearings: 5
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return.
Gustav Adolf Wagner was apprenticed to Albin Heckel in Dresden, and also worked for Alexander in Mainz and J. Altrichter in Frankfurt/Oder. In 1904, Wagner took over the workshop of Moritz Eschenbach in Dresden. Highly esteemed for Heckel-model trumpets, Gustav A. Wagner used the signature found on this flugelhorn until 1934. This instrument shows Heckel's influence in the wide garland and distinctly flaring bell. Wagner made all parts himself, except the valves, which he bought either from M. Peter in Markneukirchen or from Graslitz.
DimensionsHeight: 433 mm
Tube length: 1305 mm, 1314 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.8 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide: 11.2 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 153 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Lark in the Morning, Mendocino, California.
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. 174-175, 188, 304.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06959
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1920-1925 ca.