Toy bugle, c
Date1990 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
Place MadeGermany, Europe
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper (body); brass (ferrules and garland); single loop; brass mouthpiece chained to instrument.
Although even smaller than NMM 7045, this toy bugle observes the details of the natural bugle more closely in having a removable mouthpiece attached by a chain, ferrules and a real garland. Toy instruments of this kind were produced for example, by the Deutsche Signal-Instrumentenfabrik Max B. Martin in Markneukirchen, Saxony.
DimensionsHeight: 126 mm
Tube length: 343 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9 mm, 8 mm
Bell diameter: 48 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991, London, England.
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), pp. 222, 268.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07044
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