Keyed bugle, E-flat and C
Maker
Charles Pace & Son
Date1858 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed German-silver plaque at bell: MANUFACTURED BY / [unicorn, royal flowers thistle, shamrock, and rose] / CHARLES PACE / AND SON / 8 ST JOHN ST WESTMINSTERDescriptionCopper, brass keys, one-piece, single loop, seven keys, lowest key open (regulating screw), all others closed. Crook for C, brass mouthpiece.
The address given in the signature suggests that this keyed bugle was most likely made by Charles Mathew Pace, the son of Charles Pace, in or around 1858.
DimensionsHeight: 400 mm
Tube length: 1002 mm, 1222 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.8 mm, 10.5 mm
Bell diameter: 114 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 107 mm, 170 mm, 224 mm, 265 mm, 345 mm, 388 mm, 424 mm
Keyhole diameter: 27 mm, 27 mm, 27 mm, 27 mm, 15 mm, 15 mm, 15 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1984 from Sotheby's, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesSotheby’s auction catalogue, Important Musical Instruments, New York, January 18, 1984, Various, no. 1.
Klaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 204–5, 241, 260.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06870
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1825-1830 ca.
