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Bugle in C (high pitch). Brass tubing and mounts with silver-plated mouthpiece. Once-coiled design. Ferrule connects two branches mid-way along lower yard. Eyelets for a strap positioned inside the each of the two branches. Protective plate on the outside of the rear branch. A chain connects the mouthpiece to the mouthpiece receiver. The mouthpiece receiver has a split in the side bridged by a bolt to form a tube clamp fitting. A plaque on the bell stem is embossed with a Turkish coat of arms, which includes Turkish flags, a crescent moon motif, an anchor, an axe head, a set of scales and a motto in Turkish around the bottom.
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19th century - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Turkey - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Materials:brass
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 440 mm