A Very Brief History of the Trumpet and Bugle Through 2006

Trumpet in F by A. G. Guichard, Paris, ca. 1840 featuring Stölzel piston valves. From the National Music Museum.

A Very Brief History of the Trumpet and Bugle Through the Eighteenth Century:

http://www.middlehornleader.com/Evolution%20of%20the%20Bugle%20--%20Section%201.htm

Evolution of the Military Bugle in the Nineteenth Century:

http://www.middlehornleader.com/Evolution%20of%20the%20Bugle%20--%20Section%202.htm

Evolution of the North American Competition Bugle 1900 through 1967: http://www.middlehornleader.com/Evolution%20of%20the%20Bugle%20--%20Section%203.htm

Evolution of the North American Competition Bugle 1968 through 2006: http://www.middlehornleader.com/Evolution%20of%20the%20Bugle%20--%20Section%204.htm

On Rounded Bearing Edges

See https://www.facebook.com/billy.gladstone/posts/1619354978108610.https://www.facebook.com/billy.gladstone/posts/1619354978108610

Wow, a Great History Lesson

A short history of fifes, drums, Boston.  Wonderful.