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Keyed bugle
This instrument is associated with the Royal South Gloucester. It is a single-coiled, keyed bugle made of copper with brass trimmings (rim, mouthpiece receiver) and keywork. It has seven flat, round-cover keys (four missing) mounted in saddles. Nominal pitch: 4-foot C.
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second half of 19th century - Maker:
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Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213 Labrosones with fingerholes, with (wider) conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell flare: ROYAL SOUTH GLOUCESTER (convex)
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213 Labrosones with fingerholes, with (wider) conical bore
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 465mm; Height: 242mm; Bell diameter: 150mm; Sounding length: 1205mm