Bugles, Cornopeans and Trumpets

 

6.1 - Keyed bugle | 6.2 - Keyed bugle | 6.3 - Keyed bugle | 6.4 - B flat trumpet | 6.5 - Bass trumpet | 6.6 - Valve trombone | 6.7 - Valve trombone | 6.8 - Valve trombone | 6.9 - Vocal horn | 6.10 - Ballad horn | 6.11 - Cornopean | 6.12 - Folded coach horn 
Terminology and Glossary | Cataloguing Standards
Catalogue number: 6.1
Original name: Keyed Bugle in C.
Type or system: 7 keys.
Maker: Joseph Greenhill.
Place of origin: London, c.1824.
Maker:1835 listed as ‘Professor and manufacturer of the Royal Kent Bugle’; 1847 Mrs C. Greenhill successor.
Overall size: 442mm; bell diameter: 149mm.
Sounding length: 1199mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 12.1mm.
Technical description: Copper body with brass mouthpiece receiver, keys, key-hole chimneys, finger support and bell rim. 7 domed keys (originally soft leather inners) mounted on brass saddles: low B natural, Csharp, D, E flat, E natural, F, F sharp.
Inscription: Engraved on a silver plate on bell: “Josh. / Greenhills / New Improved / 18 Little Brittain / LONDON”.
Faults: Probably came with a b flat crook (which is usually installed before the mouthpiece).
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 436Hz.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
Previous owner: William Bentley.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 35.
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Catalogue number: 6.2
Original name: Keyed Bugle in C.
Type or system: 7 keys.
Maker: Richard Garrett.
Place of origin: London c.1823.
Maker: Workshop established 1800, according to an advertisement of 1883; according to Rose (1884), a ‘Garrett Senior’ had made glass flutes; 1823-25 listed as ‘G. & R. Garrett, Flute & Clarionet makers’; 1826 listed as ‘Richard Garrett, clarionet, flute, military and Key bugle’, later as ‘key’d bugle maker’; 1869 Richard Garrett was succeeded as proprietor by Murray; 1880 as ‘Garrett & Co.’, by 1894 out.
Overall size: 438mm; bell diameter: 155mm.
Sounding length: 1191mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 12.2mm.
Technical description: Copper body with brass mouthpiece receiver, keys, key-hole chimneys, finger support and bell rim. 7 flat, round keys mounted on post and axles on plates: low B natural, C sharp, D, E flat, E natural, F, F sharp.
Inscription: Engraved on Bell: “GARRETT / Maker / London”.
Repair history: Restored August - October 2000 by Paul Wilde.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 438Hz.
Specific references: New Langwill Index, p. 128.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 100.
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Catalogue number: 6.3
Original name: Keyed Bugle in C.
Type or system: 6 keys.
Maker: Unknown, c.1825-40.
Overall size: 435mm, bell diameter: 160mm.
Sounding length: 1185mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 12.7mm.
Technical description: Copper body with brass mouthpiece receiver, keys, finger support and bell rim. 6 keys with flat, round key heads, mounted on brass saddles: B natural, C sharp, D, E flat, (no E key) F, F sharp.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 438Hz.
Repair history: Leather pads replaced.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
Previous owner: Lancelot Key.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 101.
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Catalogue number: 6.4
Original name: Trumpet in B flat.
Maker: Unknown.
Charles E Foote was an instrument dealer c.1923 - 1950.
Overall size: 490mm, bell diameter: 116mm.
Sounding length: 1307mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 10.5mm.
Technical description: Brass, 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves with mother-of-pearl buttons. Probably made for the Jazz market. Water key cork replaced.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 440 Hz.
Illustration references: See below.
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Catalogue number: 6.5
Original name: Bass Trumpet in C.
Maker: Antoine Courtois.
Place of origin: London c.1927 - 1945.
Overall size: 598mm, bell diameter: 140mm.
Sounding length: 2393mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 11.2mm.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass, 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves, with silver touch piece. Water key on first bend and before valves, main tuning slide and valve tuning slides, third valve tuning slide.
Inscription: Engraved on middle valve: “A.COURTOIS / PARIS / 2650”; Engraved on Bell: “HORS / CONCOURS / CHICAGO 1893 / ST LOUIS / 1904 / GRAND PRIX / LIÉGE 1905 BRUXELLES 1910 / TURIN 1911 GENÈVE 1927 / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / 8 rue de Nancy / Paris”.
Playing accessories: Original Courtois mouthpiece, 13.21.
Faults: Bell bent after stay.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 466 (high pitch).
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
Previous collection numbers: B: Possibly Item Add. 3.
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Catalogue number: 6.6
Original name: Tenor valve trombone in B flat.
Maker: Louis Oertel.
Place of origin: Germany, late 19th century.
Overall size: Bell section: 682mm; main joint: 520mm; bell diameter:: 191mm.
Sounding length: 2574mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 11mm.
Technical description: Brushed effect brass with decorative ferrules and stay plates. 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves with tuning slides. One main tuning slide between valves and bell. The tuning slides to not have the brushed brass effect and have a slightly different design on their decorative ferrules.
Inscription: Engraved on bell: “Louis Oertel / Koh - i - nor“.
Faults: Badly dented on first bend.
Repair history: Restored August - October 2000.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 466 Hz (high pitch).
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here.
Previous owner: Sir Granville Bantock.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 56a or 56b.
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Catalogue number: 6.7
Original name: Bass valve trombone in E flat.
Maker: Besson.
Place of origin: London, early 20th century.
Serial number: 19843.
Overall size: Bell section: 638mm; main joint: 735mm; bell diameter: 232mm.
Sounding length: 3998mm (Bell section: 2400mm; main joint: 1598mm).
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 12mm.
Technical description: Lacquered brass with 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves with tuning slides. One main tuning slide with water key between mouthpiece and valves.
Inscription: Stamped on bell: “[Motif - banner with 23 [possibly “25”] Medals of Honour] / FB / F BESSON / 198 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON / [motif - star]”; each valve stamped “7”, “8”, and “9” respectively on left hand side top; Second valve stamped on left hand side top: “[motif: F BESSON / [star] / BREVETTE inside oval] / 19843”.
Faults: Corrosion in places.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 466 Hz (high pitch).
Illustration references: See below.
Previous owner: Lancelot Key.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 94.
Collection assignation: Key Collection.
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Catalogue number: 6.8
Original name: Bass valve trombone in E flat.
Maker: F Jaubert.
Place of origin: Paris, late 19th century.
Overall size: Bell section: 532mm; main joint: 335mm; bell diameter: 22mm.
Sounding length: 1954mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 10.7mm.
Technical description: Lacquered brass with 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves each with tuning slide. One tuning slide with water key between mouth-piece receiver and valves, one tuning slide between valves and bell.
Inscription: Each valve stamped “1”, “2”, and “3” respectively on left hand side top. The second valve also has “O / U” on left hand bottom. Engraved on bell: “F. Jaubert & Cie / Paris / [decorative divider] / Lyon & Healy / SOLE AGENTS / CHICAGO”.
Faults: Leaking water key. Bell tightener screw missing. Numerous small dents on bell.
Repair history: Two stays crudely soldered.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 466 Hz (high pitch).
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 90.
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Catalogue number: 6.9
Original name: Vocal horn in C and B flat.
Maker: Rudall, Carte & Co.
Place of origin: London, c.1875.
Serial number: 2036.
Overall size: 280mm, bell diameter: 58mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 8.2mm.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass, 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves, all with tuning slides. C crook with water key, B flat crook without water key. Decorative top and bottom valve caps. Water key on third valve tuning slide.
Repair history: The two water keys are probably not original.
Inscription: Embossed motif on bell: circle with “NE PLUS / ULTRA”; Stamped on bell: “Prize Medal / [motif: RC&Co] / RUDALL CARTE & Co. / 20 / CHARING CROSS / LONDON / No. 2036”.
Usable pitch: a’ = 440 Hz.
Previous owner: a’ = 440 Hz.
Associated with items: Associated with mouthpieces 13.10 and 13.11.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
Smilimar to items: Similar to EUCHMI (3486) Vocal horn in C (Rudall, Rose & Carte, London, 1862-71).
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Catalogue number: 6.10
Original name: Ballad horn in A flat.
Maker: Unknown.
Place of origin: Probably England, late 19th century.
Overall size: 338mm, bell diameter: 128mm.
Sounding length: 1491mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 7.9mm.
Technical description: Brass. 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves. 3 valve tuning slides.
Inscription: No inscription on bell. Each valve marked ‘1’, ‘2’, and ‘3’ on RH side top.
Usable pitch: a’ = 440 Hz.
Previous owner: Philip E. Redfern, donated 2003.
Associated with item: Mouthpieces 13.10 and 13.11 and mute (cardboard covered with red leather).
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
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Catalogue number: 6.11
Original name: Cornopean.
Nominal pitch: B flat, etc.
Maker: George Wigglesworth.
Place of origin: Otley, West Yorkshire, c.1833.
Overall size: 254mm, bell diameter: 131mm.
Sounding length: 1310mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 11.8mm.
Technical description: Brass with silver or German silver bell garland, ferrules, mouthpiece receiver and decorative mounts. 3 brass single-coil crooks all with silver ferrule: A flat, G, F; 2 brass shanks: both A, one not original. Clapper key. Mouthpiece. Brass protective valve caps. 3 Stölzel valves with springs inside sleeve.
Inscription: Stamped on bell rim: “WIGGLESWORTH / MAKER / OTLEY”.
Cases, etc: With original wooden fitted case.
Faults: A flat crook has been lengthened by inserting tubing in the mouthpiece end. Clapper key support has been soldered onto first valve. Clapper key leaks due to the ineffective cork replacement pad. Valves are worn and leaking air.
Usable pitch: a’ = 440 Hz.
Associated with: Associated with mouthpiece 13.20.
Specific literature references: Listed in the New Langwill Index, p. 429.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
Previous owner: Lancelot Key.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 102.
Collection assignation: Key Collection.
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Catalogue number: 6.12
Original name: Coach Horn (Folded coach horn).
Nominal pitch: B flat.
Place of origin: England, c.1930.
Overall size: 544mm, bell diameter: 99mm.
Sounding length: 1348mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 9mm.
Technical description: Brass with silver-plated tuning slide sleeves. 2 ‘folds’ each with a tuning slide.
Faults: Bell rim badly dented.
Usable pitch: a’ = 430 Hz.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
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