Skylinersop16 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The reason the Marines play on only two-valve horns has nothing to do with tradition. It has to do with their TO&E (Table of Organization & Equipment). The TO&E dictates what kind of equipment they are allowed to buy and when, and theirs specifies 2-valve bugles. Amending their TO&E is a very difficult thing to do, so they haven't bothered. What I heard was the only thing keeping the drum corps alive was the 2 valve bugles. They don't want to go to 3 valves because the similarities to the band's instruments are too close leading a decision to be made to merge the two and eliminate the drum corps, as Elphaba eluded to, which means I'm not the only one that heard that story 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamarag Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What I heard was the only thing keeping the drum corps alive was the 2 valve bugles. They don't want to go to 3 valves because the similarities to the band's instruments are too close leading a decision to be made to merge the two and eliminate the drum corps, as Elphaba eluded to, which means I'm not the only one that heard that story That's probably a contributing factor as to why they haven't made an effort to change the TO&E. Anyone who's dealt with a military unit's supply chain know what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mello Dude Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 That and the fact Truman Crawford put hit foot down about it. Ya, they will be on 2 valve bugles for a long time. Good for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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