Armies have been using bugles for centuries, even the ancient Romans used an instrument called a "buccina". As a modern military signaling instrument, it dates from about 1750, when Hanoverian Jger (light infantry) battalions adopted the semicircular copper horn with widely expanding bore, used by the Flgelmeister, an official of the hunt. A trumpet is usually in B-flat. performance instrument, but played where the size may come in handy. MSFPhover = // -->