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Soprano bugle. Nominal pitch: 5½-ft G.

Technical description: chrome-plated brass; trumpet wrap; 2 Amado water-keys; U-shaped thumb hook on 1st valve tuning-slide to enable adjustment of intonation while playing. Valve type: 2 Périnet valves, top sprung with spring inside hollow stem; alignment by key on spring anchor plate.

  • Date:
    Circa 1980
  • Maker:
    Getzen [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Elkhorn, USA
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:486; bell 128.