flumpet
{{short description|Hybrid musical instrument}}
{{Infobox instrument
| name = Flumpet
| image = File:RAJA FLUMPET.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Raja Flumpet, B♭
| pitch =
| background=brass
| classification=Brass
| names =
| inventors = Art Farmer, David Monette
| developed = David Monette
| range=Written range:Image:Range trumpet.svg
| related = Trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet
| musicians = Art Farmer, Mark Isham, Charles Schlueter
| builders =
}}
The Flumpet is a hybrid brass instrument that shares the construction and timbral qualities of a trumpet and flugelhorn. The Flumpet was invented for Art Farmer by David Monette{{Cite news|title=Flumpet Creator Succumbs (Obituary)|date=1999|work=Jet|via=EBSCOhost}} and is currently in production by Monette.{{cite book|last1=Koehler|first1=Elisa|title=Fanfares and Finesse: A Performer's Guide to Trumpet History and Literature|date=2014|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253011794|page=55|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knrDAgAAQBAJ&q=flumpet+1989&pg=PA55|access-date=7 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=Flumpet II|url=http://www.monette.net/newsite/instruments_flumpet.htm|website=Monette|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814000239/http://www.monette.net/newsite/instruments_flumpet.htm|archive-date=2003-08-14}} The Flumpet is in the key of B♭.{{cite web|title=Monette Flumpet™|url=http://www.middlehornleader.com/Flumpet%20Review.htm|website=The Middle Horn|access-date=6 December 2017}}
Design
The Flumpet was designed in 1989 and borrows the three piston valve design of both the trumpet and flugelhorn and shares the same instrument 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 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 and rounded than that of a trumpet. During its creation, metal-worker David Monette wanted to produce an instrument that broke design barriers but ultimately maintained its usefulness.{{Cite journal|last=Dawson|first=Gary|year=1998|title=David Monette and Tami Dean: Harmonic Collaboration|journal=Metalsmith|number=3}}
The Flumpet has been described as "capable of both warmth and sharp attack", taking advantage of the softer sound produced by the flugelhorn, advantageous in smaller and more intimate venues, whilst still being capable of producing the more familiar harder tones of a trumpet.{{cite web|last1=Fordham|first1=John|title=Art Farmer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/oct/07/guardianobituaries.johnfordham|website=The Guardian|date=6 October 1999|access-date=6 December 2017}} The tone has been described as having "characteristics of a flugelhorn, but not nearly as brittle. It has the response of a cornet, but again the sound quality is broader and more resonant."
Notable players
File:Art Farmer's Decorated Flumpet 2.png
- Art Farmer
- Charles Schlueter
- Scotty Barnhart{{cite web|last1=Dryden|first1=Ken|title=Scotty Barnhart Reviews/Quotes|url=http://www.scottybarnhart.com/reviews.html|website=scottybarnhart.com|access-date=13 December 2017}}
- Vince Jones{{cite web|title=Provenance|url=http://vincejones.com.au/album/provenance/|website=vincejones.com|access-date=6 December 2017}}
Recordings and performances
Made popular by Art Farmer, the Flumpet can be heard on several of his recordings from the 1990s, including Soul Eyes, The Company I Keep, The Meaning of Art, and Silk Road.{{Cite news|title=Art Farmer's Silk Road - A Triumph of the Flumpet|last=Andrews|first=Laura|date=October 16, 1997|work=New York Amsterdam News, Issue 42|via=EBSCOhost}} Farmer also used the instrument for 1994 live performances of Haydn's trumpet concerto with the Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra.
At a 1997 performance by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Schlueter played the Flumpet in place of the post-horn solo of Mahler's Symphony No. 3.{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Frank|title=A New Horn|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/11/a-new-horn/377862/|website=The Atlantic|date=November 1999|access-date=7 December 2017}}
Film composer and musician Mark Isham played Flumpet on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Afterglow.{{cite web|title=Mark Isham Featuring Charles Lloyd – Afterglow (Music From The Motion Picture)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mark-Isham-Featuring-Charles-Lloyd-Afterglow-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture/release/2082054|website=Discogs|date=3 February 1998 |access-date=13 December 2017}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.monette.net/flumpet Monette site]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IggDxLpRw Example of flumpet playing]
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