Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: CL-AELV-119
Provenance: Nelson Wolf of Sunset Hills, Missouri
This was my very first historical/vintage instrument to purchase. I was simply out looking at garage sales for baby clothes in my neighborhood for my young children, when I found it. As a high school band director at the time, I was fascinated with the instrument and it became the beginning of my passion for collecting musical instruments.
Alto Horns / Flugelhorns / Mellophones
Anton Braun - Rotary Valve 'Flugelhorn'
Romania
Anton Braun
Metals
ca. 1896-1927
Wind Instruments – Brass Instruments – Alto Horns / Flugelhorns / Mellophones
Engraved on silver shield: A. BRAUN / Erstes u grosses Musikinstrument haus in Banat / TIMISOARA – CETATE (Center is a Lyre Logo)
Translation: “First and largest musical instrument house in Banat / TIMISOARA – CETATE”
Anton Braun brass flugelhorn with silver bell trim. There are 3-rotary valves, the original pigtail lead-in pipe and a MPC. The workshop of Anton Braun senior (1877-1927) was founded in 1896 in the Austro-Hungarian city of Temesvár / Temeswar. This city is in the Banat, a historical region of Hungary, today split between Hungary, Romania and Serbia. In Romania, it is the third largest city and the gate to West Europe.
Anton Braun Sr. and his older brother (Johannes) hand-crafted various instruments. In particular, the violin which his brother learned to build from his father and the C.W. Richter workshop. In 1928, after the passing of Anton Braun Sr., his son, Anton Michael Braun (1911-1978) took over the business.
Resource: https://www.braunflutes.com/tradition_en.htm