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Flugelhorn, B-flat
Flugelhorn, B-flat
Flugelhorn, B-flat

Flugelhorn, B-flat

Date1900-1910 ca.
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed on nickel-silver plaque attached to bell: BOHLAND & FUCHS / MUSIKINSTRUMENTEN – FABRIK / GRASLITZ – BÖHMEN


Trademark in center of plate inside the note head of an eighth note or crotchet: B [anchor inside oval] F
MarkingsStamped on valve support: 4
Stamped on metal linkages: 4
DescriptionSingle-loop brass body with German-silver fittings and bell-bow guard; shepherd's crook first bow; telescopic main tuning slide at leadpipe with screw adjustment (screw lost)
Narrow, undecorated German-silver garland
Saxon rim with iron wire insert
Tab seam (barely visible)

Three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (whole tone, semitone, minor third) with horseshoe stop and clockspring return
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 449 mm
Bell diameter: 139 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number05423
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