Keyed Bugle Presented to David C. Hall by the Lowell Brass Band, 1850

Summary

The amateur musicians of the Lowell Brass Band presented this impressive gold bugle to David C. Hall, the leader of their band and an accomplished bugler. The members of a community band often honored their leader with the gift of a special instrument. David Hall and the Lowell band played at events like concerts, parades and dances in this prosperous industrial city.

The amateur musicians of the Lowell Brass Band presented this impressive gold bugle to David C. Hall, the leader of their band and an accomplished bugler. The members of a community band often honored their leader with the gift of a special instrument. David Hall and the Lowell band played at events like concerts, parades and dances in this prosperous industrial city.

Artifact

Keyed bugle

Date Made

1850

Subject Date

15 April 1850

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

72.54.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Gold (Metal)

Dimensions

Diameter: 0.344 in  (Bore)

Diameter: 4.528 in  (Diameter of Bell)

Length: 13.11 in

Length: 36.614 in  (Air Column)

Inscriptions

PRESENTED TO / D.C. HALL ESQ. / BY THE MEMBERS OF THE / LOWELL BRASS BAND / APRIL 15, 1850 / MADE BY E.G. WRIGHT / BOSTON

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