key bugle

key bugle
Kent bugle Kent" bu"gleprop. n. [Probably named after a Duke of Kent.] (Mus.) A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also {keyed bugle}, and {key bugle}. --Moore. [1913 Webster]

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