Flugelhorn. Nominal pitch: 4-ft C.

Löwin

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Instrument

Flugelhorn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Löwin

Place Made

Austria ; Vienna ; Europe ; Central Europe

Date Made

Circa 1925

Description

Overall size: 366; bell 131. Sounding length: minimum 1098; tuning shank overall length 98. Bore: mouthpipe at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.1; centre of valve cluster at c 152mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 10.3; 549mm from bell end, c 17.4; c 318mm from bell end, 24.6. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.7 10.2. Technical description: Brass. Ligature tuning at mouthpipe. Valve type: 3 rotary valves, cork buffers mounted on rotors. Inscribed on bell on added elliptical plate "MUSIK UNION / INH. HUGO LÖWIN / Sämtliche Musikinstrumente / WIEN, XIV. Reindorfgasse 34"; on side of each valve housing "11". Usable pitch: High pitch, tunable to A4 = 440 Hz. Performance characteristics: 2nd natural note C4 is very flat. Purchased by lender with but probably not formerly used with mouthpiece (1672).

Notes

Arnold Myers; L. Haigh 1.10.85; R. Parks 5.1.91.

Measurements

366; bell 131.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

1573