Natural bugle, B-flat
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- clairon d’infantrie semi circulaire
Maker
Arsène-Zoé Lecomte & Cie
Date1878-1890 between
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: [tuning fork] / A.L. & CIE / PHILADELPHIE / LYON / PARIS / 1867 / 1878 / LIMA / MELBOURNE / A. LECOMTE & CIE / PARIS. / 4MarkingsStamped on receiver: [tuning fork]
DescriptionBrass, single loop in bent half-moon shape; telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, fixed with wing screw.
The CLAIRON D’INFANTRIE, was in the assortment of Lecomte’s successor firm Ch. & J. Ullmann until after 1902. In playing position, the bell effectively points backwards behind the player's shoulder.
DimensionsHeight: 292 mm
Tube length: 1320 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.2 m, 10.5 mm
Bell diameter: 159 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesKlaus, 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. 146, 256.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07346
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