![]() The German word Flügel means wing or flank in English. 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 modeled. The first version of a valved bugle was sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. It is a type of valved bugle, developed in Germany in the early 19th century from a traditional English valveless bugle. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B ♭, though some are in C. The flugelhorn ( / ˈ f l uː ɡ əl h ɔːr n/), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore.
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