Dave Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 The American Heritage Field Trumpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevingamin Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Thank Bugles Across America for this. I remember reading about it in one of their newsletters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapsBugler Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Cool :) . I had heard that Getzen was making a bugle for use with cerimonial Taps.n Well done! Ken Warner Tapsbugler15@aol.com member; Buglers Across America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksmenbari Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 The American Heritage Field Trumpet notice that they don't call it a bugle..... and, the "g" tuning slide is optional....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 22, 2003 Author Share Posted October 22, 2003 Well, when the US Army redesigned their bugles from a highly conical version into what you see Getzen selling, they started calling them field trumpets, too, and that's what the first civilian drum and bugle corps were playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksmenbari Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Well, when the US Army redesigned their bugles from a highly conical version into what you see Getzen selling, they started calling them field trumpets, too, and that's what the first civilian drum and bugle corps were playing. but, "g" was the standard key, not optional.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafields627 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 The "bugles" that the army uses at arlington national cemetary were made by Bach and are in Bb. This includes the one used by Keith Clark, who played the "Broken Taps" at JFK's funeral. http://www.tapsbugler.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 but, "g" was the standard key, not optional.... Only when they redesigned them near the turn of the century. Prior to that bugles came in all keys, and bugles in other countries continued to be in other keys. And like I said, the official name for those instruments was "field trumpet." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksmenbari Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 (edited) The "bugles" that the army uses at arlington national cemetary were made by Bach and are in Bb. This includes the one used by Keith Clark, who played the "Broken Taps" at JFK's funeral. http://www.tapsbugler.com/ M1892 Field Trumpet (Bugle) in G Length 16-17 in., Bell diameter 4 ½ in. This is the M1892 field trumpet (bugle), on which all modern bugles are based. They are marked "US Regulation" or with a manufacturer's name. More information on these bugles can be found in The Origins of the M1892 Bugle elsewhere on this website. These horns are quite easy to find on Internet auction sites and are still manufactured by a company called Buglecraft (the company used to be called Rexcraft). The M1892 bugles are pitched in the key of G which is lower than the modern B Flat trumpet, making it easier to sound all the notes. The problem is that most of these horns are of cheap construction and play rather poorly. Better ones were made by instrument companies like C.G. Conn, Wurlitzer, Holton, King, Buescher or Ludwig. Beware that, like the "Gunga Din" bugles, there are thousands of these instruments being made in Pakistan and India of very poor construction. These have no marking on them anywhere. The M1892 was used by the U.S. military, Boy and Girl Scouts, drum and bugle corps, fraternal and paramilitary organizations as the standard bugle for sounding calls. There were variations of this bugle which included a long single twist version (length 28 in.) designed in the 1930s for parade use. This style was known as a Fan-fare bugle or Legion Model bugle (made by Wurlitzler) due to its use in drum and bugle corps sponsored by the American Legion. Large baritone bugles pitched one octave below the standard M1892 bugle became popular in drum and bugle corps use, and a somewhat elongated version in an Art Deco style was also produced, as well as a plastic version manufactured during World War II. During the 1920s a bugle was designed with a single vertical piston (not unlike the Bersag horns of Italy) that enabled the horn to switch from the key of G to D. The piston was eventually moved to a horizontal position to hide it from adjudicators at drum and bugle corps competitions. Many bugles with the one valve (both horizontal and vertical) exist today. The move to valves on the regulation M1892 G bugle evolved as the modern drum and bugle corps grew from its roots in the American Legion to the organizations that exist today. Eventually two and then three valves on bugles (ranging from soprano to bass) would be allowed in competitions and there is a move today to allow the horns to be pitched in B Flat. This is a far distance from the original M1892 field trumpets that were employed in drum and bugle corps following World War I. Bugle or Trumpet? What type of instrument should you use for sounding Taps? A trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn is a good substitute for a bugle when one is not available. Don't use a trombone or saxophone (it's been tried), as this is a bugle call. Finding a good bugle can be a problem but there are places to check. Refer to Getting Started on the Bugle for types of bugles to use. The Army is the only service that still uses bugles (made by Bach Stradivarius, and now by Stomvi) to sound Taps at Arlington National Cemetery. These bugles are based on the regulation 1892 model, but pitched in B flat. The other services use regular B flat valved trumpets except for the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps (who perform at Standard Honors Funerals at ANC); they use two-valved bugles pitched in G. semper fi! i would think that most current us veterans are familiar with the us regulation bugle. yes, it's a valveless trumpet, but it is pitched in the key of g... back in 1962 bach/selmer wasn't building "bugles", your data is faulty. Edited October 23, 2003 by marksmenbari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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