Keyed bugle, C
Maker
F. Wagner
Date1840 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on oval German-silver plaque at bell: F. Wagner.Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass, nickel-brass trim, two-piece, single loop, seven keys, lowest key open (regulating screw), all others closed.
The maker of this keyed bugle, F. Wagner, is not otherwise recorded. The ferrule shape, the acorn and oak-leaf engravings on the garland, and the shape of the key touchpieces, particularly the “flamingo style” fourth key, suggest a provenance from Saxony (the Vogtland in particular). F. Wagner is not recorded in Markneukirchen but could be an ancestor of the Wagner family of instrument makers in Dresden.
DimensionsHeight: 414 mm
Tube length: 1170 mm
Bore diameter: 11.6 mm (receiver), 11.1 mm (tuning bit)
Bell diameter: 164 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 113 mm, 195 mm, 260 mm, 305 mm, 367 mm, 410 mm, 473 mm
Keyhole diameter: 27 mm, 21 mm, 25 mm, 17 mm, 17 mm, 19.5 mm, 18 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2004 from Jack and Suzanne Sigler, Ruskin, Florida.
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. 153, 216, 241, 259.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2004
Object number10788
On View
Not on view
1850 ca.
