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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
16 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 169. See the scan on archive.org.
1mouthpiece, 50 1/2 inches. Diameter at bell 5 3/4 inches; diameter at mouthpiece 1/2 inch. Plate XI., fig. D.
3Joseph Halliday, then bandmaster of the Cavan Militia, patented the key bugle in 1810. The patent specification was for a bugle with five keys, which gave 25 notes. The sixth key, which he added afterwards, and which became the first key, gave b 1. The harmonics which are available are as follows:—The closing of the first key, which in its normal position is open, produces
5The open notes of the instrument are
7The opening of the second key gives
9The opening of the third key gives
11The fourth key gives only
13To complete the chromatic scale of the instrument the notes
15are produced by means of the fifth and sixth keys. The numbers below the notes, in each case, refer to the harmonic series. The
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