adonis74

Silly me--I bought a flugelhorn without finding out the answer to this question:

Most flugelhorns have a screw and post at the end of the leadpipe where the mouthpiece is inserted.

Exactly what are the functions of the screw and the revolving post and how are adjustments made?

camelbrass

If you look at your flugel you probably don't have a tuning slide like you would on a trumpet. You use the shank to tune...undo the srew and you can pull an extra length of slide out to flatten..push it in to sharpen it.

Or I may have just walked into a wind-up!!

Regards,

Trevor

stradguy

nice i have been wandering what that is for

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adonis74

Thanks Trevor. Now I'll be sure to take the slide out and grease it from time to time so it doesn't get frozen up in there.

I vaguely remember seeing something about using it for tuning, but I never tried to move it in and out. I checked the tuning against another reliable source and it seemed fine in the closed position.

Now I'm wondering about my ears!!

tom turner

Hi,

The 1525 is a wonderful Fluglehorn. Early ones used a different mouthpiece shank taper than the current ones. Unlike modern trumpets (where all use a standarized mouthpiece shank taper and size) there are THREE different mouthpiece shanks used by various vintage and current fluglehorn models!

Thus, it is possible that you have a mouthpiece that doesn't fit in as far as it should . . . and this can force you to have to keep the internal leadpipe pushed all the way in. Using a fluglehorn mouthpiece with the incorrect taper for your specific fluglehorn will also prevent you from getting the best performance out of your flugle in many ways.

TWO QUESTIONS . . .

1. When was your 1525 made (and approximate serial number)?

2. What type of mouthpiece (brand) are you using?

T.

adonis74

1. The horn is brand new, a few months old, sent directly from the Kanstul Factory.

2. From the Bach information I gleaned:

Bach Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Taper Information

There are three commonly used flugelhorn tapers:

Standard taper: Fits Yamaha, Benge, King, Conn, Getzen and other "American" flugelhorns except Bach and Kanstul.
Bach taper: Fits Bach, Courtois, some other European brands, and Kanstul models 725, 1025, & 1525.
Couesnon Taper: Fits Couesnon, some other European brands and Kanstul model 925. Couesnon taper is sometimes referred to as "French" taper.
Bach flugelhorn mouthpieces are made with Bach taper. Bach flugelhorn mouthpieces with Standard or Couesnon tapers are temporarily unavailable.

The box the piece came in is labeled Bach and #3423C Bach Flugelhorn mouthpiece is on the box (and 3CF on the piece). So, I'm pretty certain it's the right one.

stradguy

Hey, does anyone know about a josef lidl brunn fluglehorn?

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Conn Vocabell 40A
1938 King Liberty
King Super 20
Weird really old Joseph Brunn Flugel Horn