There used to be an antique shop in Stamford, Lincolnshire that had dozens of bugles to different regiments, a big window full of them.
The bugles themselves looked to be of reasonable quality, better than a lot of the India / Pakistan produced tourist tat type (somebody once bought me one of those mistakenly thinking it was "military" - it eventually found its way to the local council tip).
Your mention of a particular dealer being involved rings bells - they were appearing in military magazines at the time?
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