Researched and written by Justin Cleveland
The bugle has always had a place in the military.Bugles are traditionally sounded to assemble troops or give orders and their use dates back to the Roman Empire. The design of bugles has, for the most part, remained the same. While modern bugles, such as the one pictured, are made from brass they were originally constructed from animal horns. Modern bugles may have up to four valves, but historically the instruments have no valves or other pitch altering devices. They are shaped similar to trumpets in a coiled, gradually tapered figure with a mouth piece at one end and the bell at the other.The term "bugle" actually comes from the word "buculus," Latin for bullock (a castrated bull).
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