Bugle with two valves, G
Distributor
Heritage Bugles
Date1976 ca.
Place MadeAnaheim, California, United States, North America
ModelPremium Edition, American Command (trade name)
Serial No.00239
SignedStamped on bell: American – Command / PREMIER EDITION / CUSTOM BUILT / FOR / HERITAGE / ANAHEIM, CALIF.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 00239
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2
DescriptionNickel-silver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at second bow, two Périnet valves (1, ½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one lug on plastic spring disk, Monel pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 2-1.
The trade name “American Command” stands for the American Heritage Cooperation in Anaheim, California. This distributor offered two-piston G soprano bugles in 1976 that were built at the Benge facility in Burbank, California, led by Zigmant Kanstul at the time. Kanstul was instrumental in developing G-F bugles with a whole-tone piston. G-F bugles were allowed by the American Legion Supervisory committee to be used in Drum and Bugle Corps contests since 1968. After Drum Corps International (DVI) was founded in 1971, it allowed the use of two-valve bugles in 1975.
DimensionsHeight: 465 mm
Tube length: 1566 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 9 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.66 mm (0.459 inches)
Bell diameter: 126 mm (5 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from a San Diego pawn shop, San Diego, California.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07026
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