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Show CARE IN FASHIONING BUGLE Making of Instrument Used In the Army la a Delicate, Complicated Process. From start to finish, tho mnklng of an army buglo Is a process of much In-gonuity In-gonuity and Interest. A buglo mny not at first sight present a striking resemblance re-semblance to Its cousin, tho coach-horn coach-horn but tho ono 1b practically a curled-up version of tho other, for, beforo be-foro tho buglo Is bent into shape, it consists of a narrow tube, 51 Inches long. In tho first stngo ot manuracture tho buglo Is cut out or sheot copper and rolled Into two thin cylinders, technically known as tho "bell" and tho "branch." Tho narrow tube, which Is tho "boll," Is gradually shaped out on molds until tho opening la tho regu-lar regu-lar 4-lnch diameter. It la then "spun" on a wondorrul machine, nnd an export workman takes tho rough edges off tho copper. Roth sections aro aftorwardB filled with molten lead, preparatory to the bonding stage, and It is this Bolld stuffing which proventB tho tube breaking break-ing In tho process, and allows It to keep Its shapo. Tho export workman, with tho aid of a formidable lever and hammer, bends tho buglo Into tho familiar fa-miliar Bhapo, tho load being subsequently subse-quently molted out at a charcoal tur-naco. tur-naco. artor A-hlch tho instrument la sent off to the polishers. ' Ono of tho most intricate parts of tho bugle Is the mouthpiece, which Is mado of nickel silver and turned out on a special lathe. With tho mouthpiece mouth-piece fixed, the Instrument' is reay for tho testing-room. |