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Flugelhorn
Brass musical instrument / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The flugelhorn (/ˈfluːɡəlhɔːrn/), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore.[1] Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though some are in C.[2] It is a type of valved bugle, developed in Germany in the early 19th century from a traditional English valveless bugle. The first version of a valved bugle was sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828.[3] The valved bugle provided Adolphe Sax (creator of the saxophone) with the inspiration for his B♭ soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is modelled.[4][5]
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![]() A standard 3-valved B♭ flugelhorn | |
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Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.232 (valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration) |
Developed | Early 19th century |
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