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Keyed bugle in B-flat
about 1835
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Copper, nickel silver
Dimensions
Length 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1975
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionSoprano in C with B-flat crook. German silver keys and trimmings. Cylindro-conoidal bore. Six cup-shaped keys mounted on saddles. Deep conical cup mouthpiece of brass with a very narrow rim. Clearance adjusting screw on the first key. The keys give the following actual tones (when crooked in C) b, c'-sharp, d', e'-flat, e', and f'.
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Royal Kent Bugle / Patent
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)