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Flugelhorn, B-flat
Maker: Bohland & Fuchs
Date: 1900-1910 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (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
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
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
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
Bell diameter: 139 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 05423