Nice articles in here! Jari, there are many references to the To Extinguish Lights bugle call being referred to as Taps as well (not just Butterfield's...
Folks: Am I being thin-skinned or does the term, "play(ing) Taps," used numerous times throughout this newsletter, strike a nerve with you, as well? I always...
Actually it struck a nerve with me as well....but I was overcome with the quality of the photo's and layout and tended to gloss over the copy and the...
I am new to playing a bugle and I need some assistance with a mouthpiece. I have a Couesnon bugle with a N12 mouthpiece and I would like to find another...
RJ: But that hope was revived in 1892 when the Army issued the design of a "trumpet in G." So someone knew what they were doing. I have in front of me two...
RJ - the term "Mission" is simply a military way of saying "assignment." It shouldn't have any other meaning read into it. Tom Day is a former Marine and...
My son, soon to be 12, is a Star Scout. He started bugling a year ago and can sound ~20 calls. He started playing trumpet shortly before that and has done very...
Both beautiful bugles! However, it is impossible to have a 19th Century "Boy Scout" bugle. The Boy Scouts were founded by Baden Powell in 1907, and the Boy...
Hi Dan, My own WWI/Great War expertise is more concentrated in the US material culture, but I do see a lot of German stuff from that era in my research. The...
Dan: I collect German brass military musical instruments, including signaling instruments, and Dan is right - yours is indeed a German bugle. It's quite ...
The Army Caisson Platoon at Arlington refers to each funeral as a mission. Jay (SC) In a message dated 1/4/2012 3:38:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ...
Shawn: To post photos, go to our home page at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bugle/ Click on the Photos link. Click on Create Album link on the right. ...
Yea I get it.....hence the 12 O'Clock high reference. RJ Samp ... From: jay68walker@... To: bugle@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 4:47:54...
The Randolph County Honor Guard here in NC, all veterans, also refers to every funeral in which we participate as "missions." Jay callaham@... "Molon...
This looks like a perfectly legit German Model 1899-style Signalhorn. "E. Wittstadt" is the manufacturer, with "1915" being the date of manufacture, and...
Just posted several photos (mostly from my personal collection) in the "German Signalhorn Buglers" photo album. I have plenty more where those came from. ...
Hi Mark, one correction. The imperial eagle you are writing of is not the imperial eagle but the Prussian Eagle. Bugles with this oval emblem are from the...
Du hast recht. I was in a hurry while typing up the post and still pretty upset about having to pay $400 to get my central heating fixed that day. (LOL) Mark ...
For those who might be interested, I have just posted four additional photos of a rare Kriegsmarine Signalhorn dated 1942. The photos are in the "Signalhorn...
Went to a chorous rehersal as a spectator. The singers were told to warm up by blowing rasberries and feeling the vibration in thier faces. This is similar to...
Jay: I live fifty minutes away from "the Gap" (as it's known around here) and sound Taps at ceremonies at nearby Indiantown Gap National Cemetery the Sunday...
Glad it made you happy! Â I'm going to be at IGMR (in the National Guard they call it "IggMar' " -Â - Indiantown Gap Military Reservation) next week. I'm...
Still need buglers if anyone is interested...the Federal's (Terry Crowder) do just about everything on the battlefield by the bugle..including beer breaks and...
See you there Pete. By the way R.J.; my commander has been contemplating inserting "booty call" in my schedule. Roy _____ From: bugle@yahoogroups.com...
