Valve bugle, E-flat

Maker John Franklin Stratton

Date1875 ca.

Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedEngraved on brass plaque at bell: John F. / Stratton / New=York
MarkingsStamped on valve cases and underside of touchpieces, respectively: 10, 11, 12
Stamped on valve case rings: 20 and 22
DescriptionBrass, single loop, telescopic tuning slide with gear adjustment at leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.

John Franklin Stratton established a business as retailer, brass instrument maker and musical instrument dealer in New York City in 1859. This wide-bore E-flat soprano valve bugle is illustrated in a flyer of Stratton Band Instruments from about 1875.
DimensionsHeight: 298 mm
Tube length: 897 mm, 909 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 10.7 mm, 10.6 mm
Bore diameter valves: 10.7–11
Bore diameter tuning slide: 10 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D. C.
Published ReferencesRobert E. Eliason, “John F. Stratton: Musician, Manufacturer, and Merchant,” Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 38 (2012), p. 123.

Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 208, 226-227, 231, 250-251, 307.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06858

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