GERMAN BANDS RETURN
BRITONS ARE PLAYING IN THEM
Instruments for a complete prison camp band have been got off by the Red Cross to Stalag XXA, although eight out of ten of the craftsmen who make them are now turning out aeroplane parts and munitions. Further complete sets are going out to eight or nine of the larger prison camps in Germany to equip one band a week. Each set has 3 violins, 1 viola, 1 concert flute, 1 clarinet, 1 oboe, 1 bassoon, alto and tenor saxophones, 1 guitar, a trumpet,, a trombone and a set of drums. As in the last war, regimental bands are again being restored. In 1914 Kitchener shut down all Army bands, but they were brought back in 1916 to help recruiting and instrument makers found it impossible to supply the demand. Again in the present war all regimental bands were shut down until six months ago when out they came once more. And again British makers of musical instruments are finding it most difficult to cope with the demand for more music.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 189, 5 December 1941, Page 2
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179GERMAN BANDS RETURN Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 189, 5 December 1941, Page 2
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