Wright & Co. Flugelhorn
date: label: date made
content: 1864- 865
label: date made
content: 1864-1865
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flugelhorn was made by Elbridge G. Wright & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, about 1864-1865. It is an E-flat flugelhorn, made of nickel silver, with 3 string-action side-action rotary valves. This flugelhorn is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Made by<br>E. G. WRIGHT & CO.<br>Boston<br>5th Mass: Cavalry</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry (or 5th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored)) was a cavalry regiment from Massachusetts, that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized from January 9-May 5, 1864, at Camp Meigs, Readville. From May 12, 1864, it served dismounted and equipped as infantry until the end of war.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Elbridge G. Wright (1811-1871) began making musical instruments in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1839. By 1842, Wright moved to Boston, Massachusetts and made musical instruments under his own name or in partnership until 1869.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frank Scimonelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.71.13
label: accession number
content: 293095
label: catalog number
content: 71.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flugelhorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.7 cm x 11.7 cm; x 13 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 18.415 cm x 34.29 cm