The bugle and the hedgehog.
An old bugle always tells a story. Here are some old ones who were made in Belgium, in workshops that are long gone.
A few from the UK , the Netherlands, Germany and France too.
Handcrafted by artisans with utmost care in bygone days.
When you play them, it´s like evoking a voice from the past...
Bugles were used by postal services , firefighters and the military. As well as by the first bikers to give signals, and fanfares. ( In the days when bikes still had a big front wheel and a tiny one trailing behind )
Like a hedgehog that´s always on the lookout for a juicy snail or two, I´m always on the lookout for a "juicy" place to sound a bugle. Juicy, as in wildly varying places 😄😁.
Reverb can be magnificent in the most unexpected places.
Beware : I´m not an accomplished player at all !! 😀
Anglican church on derelict British army base. #Britisharmy #urbex #derelictbuildings
Abandoned underground military base in the Swiss Alps. #Binntal #Swissalps #Switzerland #Wallis
Former satellite ground station situated in Leuk. (Wallis-Switzerland) #rhonevalley #greenenergy
"Gli Fra" trumpet in Eb. / "Gli Fra" trompet in Eb. / "Gli Fra" trompette en Eb. #bugle #trumpet
Mahillon Sib / Mib trumpet from 1947 made in Brussels. / Mahillon trompet gemaakt in 1947 in Brussel
WW 1Henry Keats & Sons 1916 , broad arrow marked bugle from the British army. #WW1 #britishmilitary
Ad Peeters trumpet made in the Netherlands. One piston that changes between Eb / Db . #trumpet
Van Engelen, military type bugle. Silver plated. #bugle #trumpet #klaroen #clairon #signalhorn
1945 Sixth Belgian brigade bugle. Training in Ireland at that time.
Melchior de Vries 1955 Bugle for the Belgian army . Marked: ABL 1955. #klaroen #trumpet #clairon
" De Prins " 1939 natural trumpet. Manufactured in Borgerhout. ( Antwerp - Belgium) # trompet
Couesnon 1912 bugle, especially made to Belgian army specifications of pre WW 1. Very rare! #klaroen