Regulation Military Bugle
date: label: date made
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bugle was sold by the firm of J. Howard Foote in New York and made around 1861 to 1865. Many of the brass wind instruments sold by J. Howard Foote were made by John F. Stratton. It is a single coil C bugle made of copper with a brass lead pipe and ferrule. This bugle features a medallion inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.H.F.<br>[lyre]<br>C & NY.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John F. Stratton received many government contracts to manufacture instruments during the Civil War. This bugle is typical of the regulation style infantry bugles made for the United States Army.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as an Army or Infantry bugle (#5160), for $3.75.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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
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content: Bugles
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055605
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bugle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 40.005 cm x 13.97 cm x 19.05 cm