Hörth Flugelhorn
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
label: maker
content: Hörth, Franz
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flugelhorn was made by Franz Hörth in Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1913. It is a flugelhorn in B-flat, made of brass with nickel silver trim, with 3 mechanical rotary valves. The conical section is very short and narrow, with tuning slide after the valve section. The instrument is engraved on the bell garland:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Franz Horth Saarbrucken. Jager Regt. z. Pferde No.8 1913</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This fluelhorn was one of 12 instruments captured from the Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 8 (Eighth Jaeger German Mounted Band) during WWI. It was transferred from the United States War Department, Office of the Quartermaster General, in 1935.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saarland, Saarbrücken
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.039581
label: catalog number
content: 39581
label: accession number
content: 136683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flugelhorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 11/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 17 3/16 in; 11.90625 cm x 19.685 cm x 43.65625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 12 cm; 4 23/32 in