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Image:Flugel-lhside-large.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A flugelhorn

Alternative spellings
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fluegelhorn
flügelhorn

Etymology
Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel meaning �wing�, �flank� + Horn meaning �horn�

Noun
en-noun

1. musici A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.

#*1900: Daniel E. McCarthy?, Manual of Instructions for Quartermasters Serving in the Field ¹
#*:A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...

Derived terms
flugelhornist

Translations
trans-top|brass instrument
Dutch: bugel
Finnish: flyygelitorvi
German: Bügelhorn n
trans-mid
French: bugle
Japanese: ��������� (furyūgeruhorun)
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See also
bugle
cornet
horn
saxhorn

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