Keyed bugle, B-flat

Date1850 ca.

Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe

Serial No.none

Signedunsigned
MarkingsTwo engraved “x” at the second outer slide and the tuning slide to identify the way of insertion.
Unprofessionally engraved on e key: F B K B 0 8
DescriptionCopper, nickel-brass keys, brass trim, four-piece, single loop, horizontal tuning slide at first bow, seven keys, lowest key open (no screw), all others closed.

This keyed bugle shows unusual features, such as the bent tuning slide and a fingering system in which the middle finger of the right hand is used to operate the alternative d-key instead of the thumb. Stylistic features, such as the “flamingo head” d-key, the bell joint, the finger saddle, and the tone-hole-rims hint at a manufacture in Saxony.
DimensionsHeight: 410 mm
Tube length: 1332 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.3 mm, 11.8 mm
Bell diameter: 145 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 107 mm, 191 mm, 249 mm, 301 mm, 380 mm, 440 mm, 475 mm
Keyhole diameter: 29 mm, 20 mm, 24 mm, 17 mm, 13 mm, 13.5 mm, 12 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993 from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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. 210, 22—21, 259.

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

Object number07111

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