Replicas of Keyed Brass Instruments
Although much less in demand than my American style
rotary valve instruments, I've built 34 instruments classified
as keyed brass. Not to be confused with the keyed trumpet
of Haydn and Hummel fame, the keyed bugle was the
preferred soprano voice in US bands of the 1830s and into
the 1850s. Unique to the US bands of this time was the
dominance of the soprano keyed bugle in Eb even after the
valved instruments were dominant everywhere else. The
best keyed bugles in the world were built in Boston by E.G.
Wright and Graves and Co. My bugles are copies of these
originals that you can see in my museum pages.
Click each image to view a larger photo.
rotary valve instruments, I've built 34 instruments classified
as keyed brass. Not to be confused with the keyed trumpet
of Haydn and Hummel fame, the keyed bugle was the
preferred soprano voice in US bands of the 1830s and into
the 1850s. Unique to the US bands of this time was the
dominance of the soprano keyed bugle in Eb even after the
valved instruments were dominant everywhere else. The
best keyed bugles in the world were built in Boston by E.G.
Wright and Graves and Co. My bugles are copies of these
originals that you can see in my museum pages.
Click each image to view a larger photo.
9 keyed Eb bugle in copper and brass
7 keyed Bb bugle in copper and brass
11 keyed C bass
ophicleide
ophicleide
"English" bass horn
with six fingerholes
and four keys.
with six fingerholes
and four keys.
Soprano C ophicleide
copy of A. Sax original
copy of A. Sax original
Tenor Eb ophicleide
or quinticlave
or quinticlave
That's me playing the first Contrabass
Ophicleide
Ophicleide
Replica Bb keyed bugle made of
German silver flanked by
originals by Wright and Graves
German silver flanked by
originals by Wright and Graves
