Bugle, B-flat
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeIndia, Asia
Place MadePakistan, Asia
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper; brass ferrules, bow guard, and garland; double loop; no tuning slide; brass mouthpiece, chained to instrument.
Indian or Pakistani copy of a British Duty Bugle, known as “Gunga Din.” This name is derived from a poem by the Indian-born English short-story writer, novelist, and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and the film of the same name by Ben Hecht from 1939.
DimensionsHeight: 278 mm
Tube length: 1267 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.8 mm, 10.5 mm
Bell diameter: 94 mm
ProvenanceGiven to donor by Charlie Webb, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1986.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), p. 219-20, 267.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06809
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1950 ca.
