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Keyed Bugle, C, B-flat
Date: 1830 ca.
Place Made:Markneukirchen, Vogtland, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on mouthpiece shank: D.K. OYSTER
DescriptionSingle loop, two-part copper body with brass fittings.
Bell bow and bell are separate from leadpipe and first bow; joint covered by narrow knurled brass ferrule with brass finger hook.
Six cupped brass keys, lowest key open-standing with adjustment screw, all others closed
Box mounts
Brass flat springs riveted to key shanks
Brass garland without decoration
Saxon rim with iron wire insert
Tab seams at leadpipe and first bow; bell bow and bell; not aligned
No tuning slide
Bell bow and bell are separate from leadpipe and first bow; joint covered by narrow knurled brass ferrule with brass finger hook.
Six cupped brass keys, lowest key open-standing with adjustment screw, all others closed
Box mounts
Brass flat springs riveted to key shanks
Brass garland without decoration
Saxon rim with iron wire insert
Tab seams at leadpipe and first bow; bell bow and bell; not aligned
No tuning slide
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece: 447 mm
Bell diameter: 153 mm
Bell diameter: 153 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 60-62.
Stewart, Gary M. Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection in The Shrine to Music Museum. Vol. I. Page 25.
Stewart, Gary M. Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection in The Shrine to Music Museum. Vol. I. Page 25.
Object number: 00859