Klemm & Brothers Bugle
date: label: date made
content: 1842-1861
name: label: maker
content: Klemm & Brothers
label: maker
content: Klemm & Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bugle was made by Klemm & Brothers in Philadelphia around 1842-1861. It is a C bugle, single coil, made of copper with a brass bell garland, ferrule, and lead pipe. This bugle, also called a “clarion,” is typical of the bugles produced for United States Army around 1855 to the 1880s.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The bell is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>"KLEMM & BRO.<br>PHILAD</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (through Dr. Robert H. Dyson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0634
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0634
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: 16 in x 5 1/4 in x 8 in; 40.64 cm x 13.335 cm x 20.32 cm