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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, and chain ring plate). It has broken mouthpiece chain attached. Single-line bell seam. Nominal pitch: 4½-foot B-flat
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1877 - Maker:
Henry Potter & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - 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: [broad arrow] / W I / HENRY POTTER - / 30 Charing Cross / London / C&M / 1877|Stamped on garland: F
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 250mm; Height: 170mm; Bell diameter: 100mm x 105mm; Sounding length: 1245mm