Keyed Bugle in C (Richard Garrett)
Catalogue number: 6.2
Original name: Keyed Bugle in C.
Type or system: Seven keys.
Maker: Richard Garrett.
Place of origin: London c.1823.
Maker: Workshop established 1800, according to an advertisement of 1883; according to Rose (1884), a 鈥楪arrett Senior鈥� had made glass flutes; 1823-25 listed as 鈥楪. & R. Garrett, Flute & Clarionet makers鈥�; 1826 listed as 鈥楻ichard Garrett, clarinet, flute, military and key bugle鈥�, later as 鈥榢ey鈥檇 bugle maker鈥�; 1869 Richard Garrett was succeeded as proprietor by Murray; 1880 as 鈥楪arrett & Co.鈥�, by 1894 out.
Overall size: 438mm; bell diameter: 155mm.
Sounding length: 1191mm.
Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: 12.2mm.
Technical description: Copper body with brass mouthpiece receiver, keys, key-hole chimneys, finger support and bell rim.
Seven flat, round keys mounted on post and axles on plates: low B natural, C sharp, D, E flat, E natural, F, F sharp.
Inscription: Engraved on Bell: 鈥淕ARRETT / Maker / London鈥�.
Repair history: Restored August - October 2000 by Paul Wilde.
Usable pitch: Plays at a鈥� = 438Hz.
Specific references: New Langwill Index, p.128.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 100.