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Description: | The keyed bugle was very important to the development of brass bands. Keys allowed it to play chromatically decades before valves came into regular use. It could play soprano parts usually covered by clarinets, heralding bands made up entirely of brass instruments. The keyed bugle is a highly flexible instrument. Its conical mouthpiece and bore produce a mellow sound similar to the modern flugelhorn. The holes covered by the keys affect the tone, making some notes sound stronger than others.
Keyed bugle, copper body, brass keys, brass bell garland. Seven flat keys. Circular looped copper crook. Mouthpiece contemporary. Some soldering of damage to mouth-pipe. Bell garland parting from body. Body dented in at finger bridge. Bell garland plain and inscribed: M. Holles 18 Upr. Ormond Quay, Dublin. Royal Patent Kent Bugle No.378. Halliday inventor.
The keyed bugle was invented in 1810, when band master Joseph Halliday added tone holes and woodwind-style keys to a common military bugle.
caption: General view of object no. 14.5.47/115.
caption: Image of keyed bugle (museum no. 14.5.47/115) | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | 423.213 Labrosones with fingerholes with (wider) conical bore keyed bugles metal bugles brass copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12780 | Go to resource |
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