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.MarkingsnoneDescriptionBrass, 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.
