Keyed bugle. Nominal pitch: 4-ft C.

Turton

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Instrument

Keyed bugle/Bugles/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Keyed bugle

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Turton

Place Made

Dublin ; Europe ; Republic of Ireland

Date Made

Circa 1820

Description

Overall size: 441; bell 146 Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.3 12.0. Technical description: Brass, 6 keys, plain bell garland. Inscribed on bell "Royal / Patent Kent / Bugle / 299 / HALLIDAY INVENTOR"; on bell garland "Made by P. Turton / 5 Wormwoodgate / Dublin". Key nearest bell: keyhead broken off and missing. Third key from bell: keyhead broken off and missing. Bell and garland crumpled. Mouthpipe dented and bent 20 degrees out of line; both mouthpipe stays broken/unsoldered. Specific literature references: Day 1891, item 355; Blaikley 1900, item C244; Galpin 1909, p.203; Baines 1976, p.195. Illustration references: Day 1891, Plate XI (D); Borland 1906, Fig. 107 (12).

Notes

R. Parks 17.4.93.

Measurements

441; bell 146

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

Collection

MIMEd ; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Accession Number

3309