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Berliner Valve Bass Flugel in Bb c.1870 This Bass Flugel (or
bell-forward Baritone) employs Berliner valves or "Berlinner
Pumpen". These short piston valves were used from the mid
1800s until the Perinet valves became the standard in the late
1800s. Note that the valve crooks all enter the valve casing at
the same level. This flugel is held horizontally when being
played. There is no maker's name on this well made horn - but it
is probably made in the Markneukirchen area of Germany. It plays
with a full rounded tone in a high-pitch Bb.
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