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Said to have been taken from a German soldier killed on the Somme. Lent by A. Myers.
Bugle
A Schürrlein
Nuremberg
Europe
Germany
Central Europe

Instrument Information

Title

Bugle, nominal pitch: 4-ft C

Accession Number

0903

Collection

MIMEd; Mickleburgh Collection

Date Information

Date Made

Circa 1914

Period

20th century; 1900s; 1910s

Gallery Information

Gallery

Wolfson Gallery

Case

Brasswind case 3

Maker Information

Maker Name

A Schürrlein

Made In

City

Nuremberg

Country

Germany

Description

Other Information

Specific usage history: Taken from a soldier killed on the Somme, according to E. Roy Mickleburgh.

Technical Description

Overall size: length 248 without mouthpiece; bell 117.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.0 10.5.

Technical description: 2 coils; brass with silver plated ferrules etc. With tassel from German engineer's bayonet.

Inscribed "A. SCHÜRRLEIN / NÜRNBERG.".

Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = c 440 Hz.

Purchased by lender with and possibly formerly used with bugle mouthpiece (904).

Specific usage history: Taken from a soldier killed on the Somme, according to E. Roy Mickleburgh.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Classification

Instrument

Bugle/Bugles/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Bugle

Instrument Family

Wind

Hornbostel Sachs Classification

423.121.22 ; musical instrument