Csa trumpet? Or replica

[Bryce Halaychik]

 

[UCVRelics]

Fake

 

[7thWisconsin]

That´s a repro, or more accurately a fantasy piece. Bugles like that, which are more of a British bugle than an American, were very common in reenacting about 30 years ago. I have 2. The CSA cap badge was a common tourist addition. Dates from the mid-1990s, I´d guess. (With a modern mouthpiece, they play just fine. Although usually keyed in C, they make a great instrument for learning to play the bugle.)

 

[bayonet]

They also do a fake one with the 7th Cavalry on it as if it belonged to Custers doomed command.

 

[7thWisconsin]

They also do a fake one with the 7th Cavalry on it as if it belonged to Custers doomed command.

Do they have the modern 7th Cavalry sabers with the regimental number over the sabers?

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

Those always show up on eBay they all come from Pakistan and are aged by the mass and sold as so

 

[drezac]

@Historycollector61 also, many of those imports are NOT musical instruments. They are strictly wall decorations. They are not made with any method that resembles an actual musical instrument. the joints are crude and not properly made, resulting in something that is completely unplayable. having something like that large "CSA" thing soldered on the bell completely destroys any resonance the instrument may have.

 

[7thWisconsin]

@Historycollector61 also, many of those imports are NOT musical instruments. They are strictly wall decorations. They are not made with any method that resembles an actual musical instrument. the joints are crude and not properly made, resulting in something that is completely unplayable. having something like that large "CSA" thing soldered on the bell completely destroys any resonance the instrument may have.

Not really. Putting something on the outside of the bell is purely decorative. If that were not the case, then dents in a brass instrument bell would affect the sound production. By the time your sound gets to the bell, it is what it is. As far as joint construction, a bugle only has a couple turns of tubing. It´s not a French horn. Musical instruments are a ¨you get what you pay for¨ investment. Certainly an expensive instrument is going to sound better and play more easily. The little brass guys I have are capable of producing all the notes a bugle can produce, and have a warm, mellow tone. Now, considering that the bugle is less of a musical instrument and more of a walkie-talkie, I´d consider that a success.

 

[bayonet]

Do they have the modern 7th Cavalry sabers with the regimental number over the sabers?

Don't know but I've seen those 7th Cavalry Bugles at a trade show once and on an episode of Pawn Stars. Guy brings one in and Rick calls in one of his experts (as if he didn't already know) and confirms it's fake. As memory serves me it had crossed sabers and said 7th Cavalry.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Don't know but I've seen those 7th Cavalry Bugles at a trade show once and on an episode of Pawn Stars. Guy brings one in and Rick calls in one of his experts (as if he didn't already know) and confirms it's fake. As memory serves me it had crossed sabers and said 7th Cavalry.

LOL, oh yeah, absolutely a fake - I never doubted that. The modern cavalry officer brass for the 7th has the number over the sabers; it´s one of the few units that distinguishes itself that way. June 25th is still commemorated as ¨Garryowen Day¨ in the regiment. It´s a family day, cookout, etc. They used to read the names of Custer´s casualties back in the 80s.

 

[drezac]

@7thWisconsin , There are some of those British duty bugle reproductions that are made as a musical instrument. However, many I have seen were also only made as wall decorations - any many of those have mis-aligned joints with rough edges and are completely incapable of producing all the notes of a bulge, and each one they do produce has a completely different tonal sound and volume. I have seen the wall decoraton types on importers web sites selling wholesale for $9 ea in a box of 50.

 

[7thWisconsin]

@7thWisconsin , There are some of those British duty bugle reproductions that are made as a musical instrument. However, many I have seen were also only made as wall decorations - any many of those have mis-aligned joints with rough edges and are completely incapable of producing all the notes of a bulge, and each one they do produce has a completely different tonal sound and volume. I have seen the wall decoraton types on importers web sites selling wholesale for $9 ea in a box of 50.

We might be talking about different things after all then. Yeah, the ones I have are fully playable, although the original mouthpiece is a trial. It´s conical like a French horn mouthpiece and requires a wicked embouchure. It wasn´t even suitable as a backup. I ditched it for an old trumpet mouthpiece I got for $4.

 

[bayonet]

We might be talking about different things after all then. Yeah, the ones I have are fully playable, although the original mouthpiece is a trial. It´s conical like a French horn mouthpiece and requires a wicked embouchure. It wasn´t even suitable as a backup. I ditched it for an old trumpet mouthpiece I got for $4.

Good for you guys if you actually can play notes/tunes on them. I tried to take up the Bugle/Trumpet in the 4th grade (about a Century ago) but it drove my Parents and everyone else in the house Nuts during my practice. So that was the end of that sadly.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Good for you guys if you actually can play notes/tunes on them. I tried to take up the Bugle/Trumpet in the 4th grade (about a Century ago) but it drove my Parents and everyone else in the house Nuts during my practice. So that was the end of that sadly.

I played French horn in school, mostly because it looked like the hunting horn on infantry brass! In my adult life, I acquired a used trumpet that I used to play on and off. I was inspired by a drum and bugle corps competition to learn the Civil War bugle calls. I had a lot of fun with that project.

 

[drezac]

My degree is in music education, low brass major. I did pick up a Jean Baptiset bugle from Sam ash a while back that's very close in appearance to original bugles. Just have trouble with the higher range.

 

[7thWisconsin]

The high notes are hard. It´s all lip. That´s why nobody likes playing ¨Taps.¨ What is it someone called it? ¨The hardest 24 notes in all music?¨