Description: Up for this BUY IT NOW AUCTION is thisVINTAGE CONN MADE BY C.G. CONN LTD, ELKHART INDIANAU.S. MILITARY BUGLE 17 INCH WITH SOME FIELD SCARS Dents CONDITION: ROUGH SHAPE, DENTS, SEE PHOTOS, AS ISBELL IS 4 1/2" IN diameterLength 16-17 in., Bell diameter 4 ½ in.This is the M1892 field trumpet (bugle), on which all modern bugles are based. They are marked “US Regulation” or with a manufacturer’s name. More information on these bugles can be found in The Origins of the M1892 Bugle elsewhere on this website. These horns are quite easy to find on Internet auction sites and are still manufactured by a company called Buglecraft (the company used to be called Rexcraft). The M1892 bugles are pitched in the key of G which is lower than the modern B flat trumpet, making it easier to sound all the notes. The problem is that most of these horns are of cheap construction and play rather poorly. Better ones were made by instrument companies like C.G. Conn, Wurlitzer, Holton, King, Buescher or Ludwig. Beware that, like the “Gunga Din” bugles, there are thousands of these instruments being made in Pakistan and India of very poor construction. These have no marking on them anywhere.The M1892 was used by the U.S. military, Boy and Girl Scouts, drum and bugle corps, fraternal and paramilitary organizations as the standard bugle for sounding calls. There were variations of this bugle which included a long single twist version (length 28 in.) designed in the 1930s for parade use. This style was known as a Fan-fare bugle or Legion Model bugle (made by Wurlitzler) due to its use in drum and bugle corps sponsored by the American Legion. Large baritone bugles pitched one octave below the standard M1892 bugle became popular in drum and bugle corps use, and a somewhat elongated version in an Art Deco style was also produced, as well as a plastic version manufactured during World War II.During the 1920s a bugle was designed with a single vertical piston (not unlike the Bersag horns of Italy) that enabled the horn to switch from the key of G to D. The piston was eventually moved to a horizontal position to hide it from adjudicators at drum and bugle corps competitions. Many bugles with the one valve (both horizontal and vertical) exist today. The move to valves on the regulation M1892 G bugle evolved as the modern drum and bugle corps grew from its roots in the American Legion to the organizations that exist today. Eventually two and then three valves on bugles (ranging from soprano to bass) would be allowed in competitions and there is a move today to allow the horns to be pitched in B flat. This is a far distance from the original M1892 field trumpets that were employed in drum and bugle corps following World War I.🌺🌺 Please check out our Store - A Genuine Treasure - for more items Thanks for looking and happy "ebaying"!ebay Sales Tax policy - check your state here: paying tax on your eBay purchases
Price: 88.11 USD
Location: Sandusky, Ohio
End Time: 2024-10-15T11:19:54.000Z
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Instrument: Bugle
