Advanced Search
Flugelhorn, B-flat, low pitch
Alternate name:Bugle Alto
Maker: Charles Mahillon
Date: 1947
Place Made:Brussels, Belgium, Europe
Model: Bugle Alto
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: 15 / [six-pointed star] / C. MAHILLON / BRUSSELS / [six-pointed star] / U
MarkingsCast round plaque applied to bell below signature: Belgian Royal Coat of arms consisting of Lion rampant in black shield, two supporters in form of lion rampant regardant standing on white motto scroll with the motto L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE, crown, two crossed spears with Belgian flag.
Stamped on second valve casing: 8
Stamped on upper valve caps, respectively: 22, 23, 24
Stamped on second valve casing: 8
Stamped on upper valve caps, respectively: 22, 23, 24
DescriptionNickel-silver-plated brass, single loop, telescopic tuning slide with ligature screw at leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.
This flugelhorn resembles model no. 15, bugle alto, in a catalog of C. Mahillon & Co. from 1926. The date letter "U" on the bell below a six-point-star, other hand suggests, a manufacture in 1947.
This flugelhorn resembles model no. 15, bugle alto, in a catalog of C. Mahillon & Co. from 1926. The date letter "U" on the bell below a six-point-star, other hand suggests, a manufacture in 1947.
DimensionsHeight: 418 mm
Tube length: 1286 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 10 mm
Bore diameter (tuning slide, initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 8.7 mm
Bell diameter: 151 mm
Tube length: 1286 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 10 mm
Bore diameter (tuning slide, initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 8.7 mm
Bell diameter: 151 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Leveugle European Music Company Antwerp, Brussels, Belgium, 1991.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07049