Flugelhorn Entry Level | Student | Introductory

[DAVIDTHEWRITER]

Entry-level, student, introductory flugelhorn recommendations please. Used.

Vintage is OK but I'm not investing in antiquities. Let's say from the last 50 years.
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[kehaulani]

Call Austin Custom Brass
https://www.austincustombrass.biz/
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"Well, even if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton." Chet Baker

Adams A-9 Trumpet
Benge 3X Cornet
Getzen Capri Cornet (for sale).

[Richard III]

What level of experience is the player?
What is the budget?
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Today's Cornet: York Eminence
Today's Mouthpiece: Marcinkiewicz CG Personal 16 Throat

[cheiden]

ACB Double is a great option based on the one I bought for my son. I didn't hate the Yamaha student model I played either.
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Charles J Heiden/So Cal
Bach Strad 180ML43*/43 Bb/Yamaha 731 Flugel/Benge 1X C/Kanstul 920 Picc/Conn 80A Cornet
Bach 3C rim on 1.5C underpart

[Brassnose]

Second the Yamaha. I started on a YFH231S and played that for about 25 years. Good sound, good valves. The old ones didn’t have a ring on the third slide so you’d need to add that.
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2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier

[Subtropical and Subpar]

The above posters are right; call ACB. They have three different 'entry level' flugelhorn models: their Doublers, a Brasspire Unicorn, and a Manchester Brass, made by Carolbrass. I have the Manchester Brass and it is just about as good as friends' Yamahas and whatnot that cost far more. Plus ACB fettles and optimizes and PVAs the ACBs and Manchesters before they leave the shop, so it will be in prime working order. I believe they do the same for the Brasspire Unicorn but I'm not positive.
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1932 King Silvertone cornet
1936 King Liberty No. 2 trumpet
1958 Reynolds Contempora 44-M "Renascence" C
1962 Reynolds Argenta LB trumpet
1965 Conn 38A
1995 Bach LR18072
2003 Kanstul 991
2011 Schilke P5-4 B/G
2021 Manchester Brass flugel

[Brassnose]

Just looked at a Getzen Capri Flh at a really good price - located in Europe, so not interesting to the OP, I guess, but if you find one in good shape they could be a bargain.
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2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Frate, Klier

[bugleboy1973]

I also strongly recommend Austin Custom Brass. The Doublers Flugelhorn is an amazing horn for the price.

https://www.austincustombrass.biz/acb-doublers-flugelhorn-our-1-selling-product-at-acb/

[HaveTrumpetWillTravel]

Jupiter 1100 or Carolbrass

[DAVIDTHEWRITER]

If purchasing a used flugelhorn,
are there any hidden problems / bad years
with these brands, irrespective of model:

Jupiter
Carolbrass
Yamaha
Getzen *

* my favorite brass brand
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Against the decay of biological existence, go not quietly but damn screaming and kicking into that last night.

[Fubeca]

I picked up an old(1970s) Getzen Eterna for $500 a couple of years ago. Great horn that has some value for an advancing player too. . . if you can find one.
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Bb: Bach 180S37 ML
C: Shires Q13
Picc: Kanstul 920
Flugel: Getzen Eterna
Cornet: York 75 "Brilliant"