Keyed bugle, C
Date1825-1830 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
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SignedunsignedMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper, brass keys and trim, one-piece, single loop, seven keys, lowest key open (regulating screw), all others closed.
Typical English keyed bugle showing similarities in body design (one piece) and key shapes with keyed bugles by the Pace family in London.
DimensionsHeight: 460 mm
Tube length: 1205 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.6 mm, 11.5 mm
Bell diameter: 148 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 113 mm, 196 mm, 257 mm, 310 mm, 390 mm, 455 mm, 500 mm
Keyhole diameter: 30 mm, 23 mm, 26 mm, 22 mm, 18 mm, 17 mm, 14 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Sotheby's, New York, New York.
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. 192, 200–1, 203, 241, 258.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06872
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