Keyed bugle, C, B-flat
Distributor
Klemm & Brother
Date1830-1840 ca.
Place DistributedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Klemm and Brother / in Philadelphia.MarkingsRestorer’s signature stamped on chimneys of c-sharp and d key and the finger hook: R. STEWART
DescriptionCopper, brass keys and trim, three-piece, single loop, tuning slide at receiver, eight keys, lowest key open (regulating screw), all others closed.
The firm "Klemm and Brother" was established in Philadelphia in 1819 as a musicla instrument importer. Instruments were imported from the Saxon parent company Georg & August Klemm in Markneukirchen, Germany. Features such as the seperately made bell and decoration of the leadpipe ferrule indeed indicate that this keyed bugle was a Saxon import.
DimensionsHeight: 445 mm
Tube length: 1241 mm, 1350 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.4 mm, 12 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 126 mm, 192 mm, 246 mm, 292 mm, 388 mm, 430 mm, 465 mm, 630 mm
Keyhole diameter: 30 mm, 22 mm, 25 mm, 19 mm, 18 mm, 17 mm, 14 mm, 17 mm
Bell diameter: 145 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1984 from Sotheby's, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesSotheby’s auction catalogue, Important Musical Instruments, New York, January 18, 1984, Various, no. 2.
Klaus, 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. 217–19, 220, 241, 258.
Sabine K. Klaus, “German-American Relationships: Immigration and Trade Factors in America Brasswind Instruments during the 19th Century,” in: Laurence Libin (ed.), Instrumental Odyssey. A Tribute to Herbert Heyde. Bucina: The Historic Brass Society Series No. 9 (Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 2016), p. 80.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06871
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