USA (Possibly Massachusetts)
United States – No Name

Copper and Brass
ca. 1830’s
Length: 16.5 inches, width: 6.5 inches, Bell diameter: 5.5 inches
Wind Instruments – Brasswinds – Bugles/Keyed Bugles

Bb Keyed Bugle, ca. 1830, with a copper body and brass trim. It has a circular lead-in pipe, six brass keys with brass posts and pin mounts.  

The first key bugle patent (5-keys) was by Joseph Halliday in 1811, which he called the Royal Kent bugle in honor of the Duke of Kent.  The keyed bugle was introduced to the United States through Richard Willis, an arranger, composer, performer, who was appointed bandmaster of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, New York.