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Austro-Hungarian Soprano Flugel  in Bb by Jos. Lidl  c.1895

This is a side action rotary valve soprano flugel made by Joseph Lidl, Brunn Czechoslovakia. c.1895.  Lidl made brass instruments from 1895 to 1945  in Brunn (now Brno CR). It looks and sounds much like a Trumpet, but it has overall gradual conical tubing of a Flugel - from leadpipe to bell flare. It was most likely used in the military bands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The flugel employs clock work sprung mechanical valve linkage. The inscription on the German silver garland reads:                                 K. u. K.  
Hofmusikinstrumentenfabrikant
Joseph  Lidl  Brunn

The K. u. K. stands for "Kaiserlich und Konig" or: Emperor (of Austria) and King (of Hungary).  The Empire was finally disolved at the end of World War I.   This lovely playing flugel has recently been repatriated  as part of the superb brass instrument collection of my good friend Franz Streitweiser in Schloss Kremsegg  in Kremsmunster, Austria.