Author: Ursa
Date: 2015-04-16 20:40
Mark Charette wrote:
> As a veteran in the USA:
>
> If one were to play taps at my funeral I would most certainly
> want a bugle, trumpet, or even a recording rather than an
> alternate instrument. Ken, it makes a difference, at least to
> many veterans who have served in foreign wars (as I and a
> number of my compatriots have).
>
> My middle son played taps on trumpet at many a veteran's
> funeral.
Though I am not a veteran, I have several family members who are...and this sums up exactly how I feel about the subject. Hearing Taps or Last Post on anything but a trumpet or bugle is just wrong.
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