Wright Presentation Flugelhorn
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flugelhorn was made by Elbridge G. Wright in Boston, Massachusetts, about 1863. It is a presentation flugelhorn in E-flat, made of nickel silver, with 3 string-action side-action rotary valves, and a screw adjusting lead pipe. Accessioned with period case. This instrument is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Presented by the<br>Members of the 3d Brigade Band<bfr>3d Div: 9th A.C.<br>TO<br>Wm. Critchley, Jr.<br>LEADER<br>July 4th 1863<br>Made by<br>E.G. WRIGHT,<br>Boston</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The United States National Park Service Civil War database lists William J. Critchley as a principal musician and band leader serving in the Brigade Band (2nd/3rd Brigades, 1st-3rd Divisions, 7th/18th/24th Army Corps).</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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frances Gordon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.066624
label: catalog number
content: 66624
label: accession number
content: 232422
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flugelhorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.9 cm x 11.7 cm; 12 15/16 in x 4 19/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 9/16 in x 7 in x 13 1/8 in; 11.58875 cm x 17.78 cm x 33.3375 cm