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Alto flugelhorn

Double-coiled, oval-shaped baritone made of brass with nickel-silver trimmings, having three rotary valves that have nickel-silver mechanical linkages and cork bumpers. There's a water-key on the main tuning slide, and a pull ring on the second valve tuning slide. The third valve tubing, the leadpipe, and the second valve bottom cap are missing. Nominal pitch: B-flat.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: "F. Schediwy / Ludwigsburg / 1940"
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
  • Repository:National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • Measurements:Height: 720mm; Diameter: 220mm