Flugelhorn, B-flat
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1913
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.25071
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / CHICAGOMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: UNION / MPBP / B&SW [within shield] / LABEL/ FRANK HOLTON & CO. / CHICAGO / 25071
Stamped on inside of valve caps: 25071
Stamped on receiver ferrule: 5
Stamped on valve casings, caps and larger guide lug, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, German-silver (receiver ferrule), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide and third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
DimensionsHeight: 400 mm
Tube length: 1334 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.5 mm, 8.7 mm, 10.7-11.8 mm, 11.74 mm (0.462 inches)
Bell diameter: 141 mm (5 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1990.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07028
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