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Keyed bugle
Single-coiled, copper bugle with brass trimmings (rim, mouthpiece receiver) and keywork. It has seven flat, round-cover keys mounted in saddles, and a bell seam with tabs, and a straight brass tuning bit. The adjustment screw from longest key is missing. Nominal pitch: 3¼-foot E-flat.
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1845–51 - Maker:
Roe, John [Person] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Liverpool (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213 Labrosones with fingerholes, with (wider) conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: J.C.ROE / MAKER / LIVERPOOL
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213 Labrosones with fingerholes, with (wider) conical bore
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 445mm; Height: 200mm; Bell diameter: 134mm; Sounding length: 1070mm