Keyed bugle

Keyed bugle
	Keyed bugle, c. 1830
Brass instrument
Other names	Royal Kent bugle; Kent bugle; French: bugle à clefs; German: Klappenhorn, Klappenflügelhorn; Italian: cornetta a chiavi;
Classification	Aerophone; Brass instrument;
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	423.21; (aerophone sounded by lip vibration with keys)
Developed	19th century
Playing range
	Range of the keyed bugle in C
Related instruments
	Bugle; Ophicleide; Keyed trumpet; Cornet;

The keyed bugle (also Royal Kent bugle, or Kent bugle) is a wide conical bore brass instrument with tone holes operated by keys to alter the pitch and provide a full chromatic scale. It was developed from the bugle around 1800 and was popular in military bands in Europe and the United States in the early 19th century, and in Britain as late as the 1850s.

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