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U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps switching away from 2-valve G bugles


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13 hours ago, Jurassic Lancer said:

Good grief! The Marine Corps got the G-Bugles from somewhere … can anyone find out where? 

They were barn finds!  The American Pickers guys found them in an old shed in Rockingham, MA, along with a 1967 VW Variant and two Plymouth Satellites that had under 100 miles on the clock.    Jalopnik is going to add a drum corps section to their barn finds because of this.

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2 hours ago, troopers1 said:

They were barn finds!  The American Pickers guys found them in an old shed in Rockingham, MA, along with a 1967 VW Variant and two Plymouth Satellites that had under 100 miles on the clock.    Jalopnik is going to add a drum corps section to their barn finds because of this.

Give you a like for knowing Jalopnik…. 👍

 

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Welp, cue the next round of "Drum corps is dead" memes...

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On 11/15/2021 at 10:09 PM, Jurassic Lancer said:

Good grief! The Marine Corps got the G-Bugles from somewhere … can anyone find out where? 

Their last set of bugles were from Kanstul, who made the best in the business. But Kanstul closed shop. I think BAC bought a lot of their tools and machines. At this point it just doesn't make sense for them to use 2-valve bugles unless some other company wants to do a specialized set. The Conn-Selmer East Lake, Ohio factory is just north of me (where they make a lot of King instruments and more) and they could probably do it but it would take some retooling and would come at a cost. 

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4 hours ago, karuna said:

Interestingly enough, most of the guys in the unit would rather play Bb Yamahas (which would have saved the Corps more than 50%  ordering from WW/BW. ).  

I'm not surprised.  I wonder if there is anyone active in the unit who performed on G's at any time before joining.  

Regardless, I saw them at 8th and I in 2019, on their old 2 valves.  They sounded fantastic.

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12 minutes ago, troopers1 said:

I'm not surprised.  I wonder if there is anyone active in the unit who performed on G's at any time before joining.  

Regardless, I saw them at 8th and I in 2019, on their old 2 valves.  They sounded fantastic.

Never played Bb bugle but going from 2v to 3v was great. With the right arranger it really opens up what can be done musically.

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