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Flugelhorn, B-flat

Maker Henry Distin

Date1872

Place MadeLondon, England, Europe

Serial No.24996

SignedStamped on bell: DISTIN (inside trumpet banner) / Patent Light Valve / DISTIN & CO / MAKERS / 9 & 10 GRT NEWPORT ST / LONDON / 24996
MarkingsStamped on second valve case: DISTIN / MAKER / LONDON (oval) / 14495
Stamped on valve cases and caps, respectively: 7, 8, 9
DescriptionBrass, double loop, first loop formed as coil, telescopic tuning slide (lost) at leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), single water key, windway 1-2-3.

This instrument is listed as “BI Alto”, Class A10" in the firm archives of Distin & Co. in London (Horniman Museums and Gardens). According to the firm's stock books, it was sold to the New York branch of Boosey & Co. in 1872.
DimensionsHeight: 363 mm
Tube length: 1236 mm
Bore diameter: 10.9 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 149 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 20-21, 265.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number07056

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