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Keyed bugle in E-flat
Gummarus van Engelen (1820–1904)
about 1850
Object Place: Lier, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Length 41 cm (16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1974
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionSopranino in E-flat. Brass. Five round keys mounted on pillars; key-holes have raised sockets. Deep conical cup mouthpiece inserted into the tuning tube, held in place by a wing-nut. Cylindro-conoidal bore. The keys give the following nominal tones: b, c'-sharp, d', e'-flat, e', and f', sounding a minor third higher; the lowest key is open, the rest are closed.
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: G. van Engelen, / ainé à Lierre
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)