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{{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
*[[Wind instrument|Wind]]
*[[Brass instrument|Brass]]
*[[Aerophone]]
| names                 =
| inventors             = [[Art Farmer]], [[David Monette]]
| developed             = David Monette
| range=Written range:[[Image:Range trumpet.svg|180px|center]]
| 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]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Flumpet Creator Succumbs (Obituary)|date=1999|work=Jet|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> and is currently in production by Monette.<ref name="fan2017">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The Flumpet is in the key of B♭.<ref name="tmh2017">{{cite web|title=Monette Flumpet™|url=http://www.middlehornleader.com/Flumpet%20Review.htm|website=The Middle Horn|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref>
==Design==
The Flumpet was designed in 1989<ref name=fan2017/> 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 crook]]s. The [[mouthpiece (brass)|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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dawson|first=Gary|year=1998|title=David Monette and Tami Dean: Harmonic Collaboration|journal=Metalsmith|number=3}}</ref>
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.<ref name="gua2017">{{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}}</ref> 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."<ref name="tmh2017" />
==Notable players==
[[File:Art Farmer's Decorated Flumpet 2.png|thumb|right|Art Farmer’s decorated Flumpet]]
* [[Art Farmer]]
* [[Charles Schlueter]]
* [[Scotty Barnhart]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Vince Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Provenance|url=http://vincejones.com.au/album/provenance/|website=vincejones.com|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref>
==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 (album)|Silk Road]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Farmer also used the instrument for 1994 live performances of [[Haydn]]'s [[Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)|trumpet concerto]] with the Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref name=fan2017/>
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 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 3]].<ref name="atl2017">{{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}}</ref>
Film composer and musician [[Mark Isham]] played Flumpet on the soundtrack for the 1997 film ''[[Afterglow (1997 film)|Afterglow]]''.<ref>{{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|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>
==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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