From volume 2 of the work.

1527760A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Key-bugleGeorge GroveGeorge Grove


KEY-BUGLE. An improvement of the original bugle, which had no keys, and therefore could only yield certain restricted notes [see p. 280 ] by the addition of keys. It is said to have been made by Logier. The Kent Bugle is either a further improvement, or only another name for the same thing.

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