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Flugelhorn, B-flat

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Contralto saxhorn

Maker Adolphe Edouard Sax

Date1907-1928 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.20926

SignedStamped on bell: AS (monogram) FILS (inserted in S of monogram) / MEDAILLE D’OR 1900 / Adolphe SAX / Feur de l’Académie Nle de Musique / 84. RUE MYRHA / PARIS
MarkingsStamped on second valve case: AD. SAX / PARIS / AS (monogram) FILS (inserted in S of monogram) / 20926
Stamped on valve casings and caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe (screw lost), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on piston (brass), single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.

Same design as flugelhorn NMM 7122 by Adolphe Sax with the only difference that the exit and re-entrance of all valve loops are on different levels, rather than the same level as the main windway. Thus, this flugelhorn has three Périnet valves, not a combination of two Berlin valves with one hybrid Périnet valve.
DimensionsHeight: 413 mm
Tube length: 1304 mm, 1314 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 10 mm (first valve), 10.5 mm (second and third valve)
Bore diameter (tuning slide, initial, minimum): 10.2 mm, 9.7 mm
Bell diameter: 151 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1996.
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. 17-18, 265.

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

Object number07181

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