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Duty bugle in B-flat
Double coiled duty bugle made of copper with brass trimmings (rim, bow guard, ferrule, mouthpiece receiver, chain ring plate). Tab-seamed tubing. Nickel-silver mouthpiece and chain. Nominal pitch: 4 1/2-ft Bb. This instrument was presented to Sgt. Dmr. G. Kennedy by officers of the 22nd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.
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1915 - Maker:
Hawkes & Son [Corporation] - Collection:
National Army Museum - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: HAWKES & SON / [broad arrow] / Denman Street / Piccadilly Circus / LONDON / 1915|Engraved on garland: Presented to / Sergeant Drummer G. Kennedy / by the Officers of the 22nd (S) Bn. Middlesex Regt. / as a sign of their appreciation of the excellent work / done by him whilst serving with the Bn.. March 1916|Stamped on mouthpiece: HAWKES & SON . LONDON
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:National Army Museum
- Measurements:Length: 275mm; Height: 180mm; Bell diameter: 104mm