Puzzle for Bands
Music Instrn men ts Half a Tone Lower ARMY HEADS - ORDER (Australian end .VZ. rrcss Association) | Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Suuday. Two hundred British and 200 native j army bands will be puzzled how to j dispose of their instruments, which j have become obsolete owing to the | Army Council's decree for a half-tone lower pitch, in conformity with or-j chestrai musicians, necessitating a j slight lengthening of the wind lustra- j meats. Dr. Malcolm Sargent, conductor of j the British National Opera Company, urges the shipping of the discarded instruments to the jungle, to enable the natives to sooth their savage j breasts with the unwanted trombones. Colonel Mackenzie Rogan, musical . director of the Guards’ Brigade, fears j that the lowered pitch will result in the loss of brilliancy and power in I outdoor performances. Mr. Mewburn \ Levien, secretary of the Philharmonic Society, endorses the change, as it will enable regimental bands and orchestras to play together. “
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 539, 17 December 1928, Page 9
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161Puzzle for Bands Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 539, 17 December 1928, Page 9
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