Keyed bugle, C
Maker
Michael Saurle
Date1825 ca.
Place MadeMunich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Michael Saurle [in München]MarkingsKeys engraved: H.Fis., Cis Gis, D.A., B.Es., E., and F.
DescriptionBrass, two-piece, single loop, six keys, lowest key open (regulating screw), all others closed.
Michael Saurle offered keyed bugles in C with six keys in a prize courant from 1826/40. The tear-drop shape of the key saddles indicates that this keyed bugle was built in the middle period of Saurle’s career. Earlier keyed bugles from his workshop show rectangular brass saddles, while later ones have pillars with ball-shaped heads. The keyed bugle, based on the English model, was an important instrument for playing the melody in Bavarian brass bands in the mid 1820s.
DimensionsHeight: 444 mm
Tube length: 1201 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.1 mm, 11.3 mm
Bell diameter: 155 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 127 mm, 212 mm, 273 mm, 321 mm, 421 mm, 476 mm
Keyhole diameter: 27 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 20 mm, 20 mm, 17 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, 195, 212–13, 241, 245, 258.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2004
Object number10787
On View
Not on view
1825-1830 ca.
