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Keyed bugle in B-flat

about 1825
Object Place: Probably London, England

Medium/Technique Copper, brass, leather.
Dimensions Length x width: 45.5 x 16 cm (17 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Hazen
Accession Number2012.942
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

DescriptionSeven keys. Mouthpiece and screw-tightened tuning slide.
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Royal Kent Bugle / London
ProvenanceBefore about 1998, Robert Sheldon, Moultonborough, New Hampshire; by about 1998, sold by Sheldon to Robert M. Hazen, Bethesda, Maryland; 2012, gift of Hazen to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 28, 2012)