Object Details
- Description
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:
J.H.F.
[lyre]
C & NY.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.
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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1861 - 1865
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- 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
- Object Name
- bugle
