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Flumpet
Classification	Aerophone
Inventor(s)	Art Farmer
Developed	David Monette
Related instruments
	Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Musicians
	Art Farmer, Mark Isham

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The flumpet is a hybrid brass horn instrument that shares the construction and timbre qualities of a trumpet and flugelhorn. Commonly found in jazz music, the flumpet was invented by Art Farmer and is currently in production by David Monette.^[1]

Design

The flumpet borrows the three piston valve design of both the trumpet and flugelhorn, but shares the same length of a trumpet. The curves on the end of the flumpet have a resemblance to shepherd's crooks. The mouthpiece is deeply conical which tapers slightly, as opposed to the trumpet or flugelhorn mouthpiece which has an extreme taper to create a bowl shape. The sound of the flumpet is described as thicker and richer than a flugelhorn and more mellow than a trumpet.

Pop Culture

The Flumps, a BBC children's show that aired in 1977, starred a character, Grandpa Flump, who played the flumpet.^[2]

Noticeable flumpet players include:

External links

Flumpet II - sales description at Monette

Category:Brass instruments Category:B-flat instruments Category:Trumpets

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^ "Flumpet II". Monette.
^ "The Flumps". Wikipedia.

[1] "Flumpet II". Monette.

[2] "The Flumps". Wikipedia.

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