| First Name : Eric |
| E-mail address : samurai04@cableone.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : I play taps for military services around the Sioux City, IA area and searched the web for taps sites. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Very impressed. High Quality. TWO Thumbs Up! |
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| First Name : Alvin |
| E-mail address : almoser21@Cox.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : An article sent to me about the Broken Note. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : A site that corrects a lot of misinfromation about TAPS |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : Ill always remember the playig of TAPS at 10 pm on board my first ship the USS Leyte CVS-32 in 1958 |
| First Name : Steve Pyle |
| E-mail address : alarmone@cableone.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : BAA |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Great site!Glad to be part of BAA. |
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| First Name : Bonnie |
| E-mail address : BRROSS@WEBTV.NET |
| How did you hear about this site? : Interested in the origin of taps and did a search. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Very informative. Answered all my questions. |
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| First Name : gary |
| E-mail address : glemke747@earthlink.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : intrnet |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : like this site very much. i did not know about taps till i read this link. very interesting. |
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| First Name : Bobby |
| E-mail address : bjpoisso@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : surfing |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : wanting to learn taps |
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| First Name : Bryan |
| E-mail address : Bryan.Downey@worldnet.att.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Doing research on Taps on Google |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Great site. Thank you for your effort. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : My father is buried in Arlington. When they played Taps at his service, my heart went out - it is the perfect song for a funeral. |
| First Name : PETER |
| E-mail address : julie@latham44.freeserve.co.uk |
| How did you hear about this site? : surfed in thru BAA/fieldtrumpet links. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : dont know what your latin is like,but tapsbugler is NULLI SECUNDUS,(second to none) |
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| First Name : larry judkins |
| E-mail address : mrhinote@aol.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : my uncle the col. in the marine whare i also served ..82-86 u.s.marine band /trumpeter -5541..parris island and okinowa japan.. |
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| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : one time i stood alone on a field in a football stadium in full marine dress blues to render honors..had to be thousands for the game..and after taps was performed..five jets flew from behind me with full after burners...and i almost fainted...ooh-rah! |
| First Name : tony |
| E-mail address : tony.stanford@mail.sprint.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Link from buglersacrossamerica |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Very interesting information, I have played off an on since 1964, my Olds trumpet. Last 3 years very active in our church, with the trumpet. Wanted to serve.....TAPS! |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : Saw the Tom Brokaw special and just signed up!! Never was in the military, but wanted to honor them with a LIVE Taps ! |
| First Name : david |
| E-mail address : damoros1@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : wanted to know more about taps |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I think it was great |
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| First Name : Don |
| E-mail address : dwestyoda@earthlink.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : google |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Supurb web site ! |
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| First Name : Edward |
| E-mail address : Clicketyclack45@yahoo.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Bugles Across America site |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Great site! Enjoyed it! |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I bought a nice civil war replica bugle through eBay for I enjoy playing it at military funerals. |
| First Name : Joni |
| E-mail address : jmccowan@marykay.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Internet search |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Very helpful. I have been asked to play at a funeral and wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly. |
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| First Name : Sandra Ihrig |
| E-mail address : ihrig@charter.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Cousin emailed it to us. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : The site is very well done. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : We have sent you photos and war service and bio of our ancestor James Foster Cook 1843-1910 who we believe is the unkown bugler on page 2 of the Civil War buglers. |
| First Name : Lorin |
| E-mail address : greg8022@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Read about it on Military.com |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I think it is a very good site, and I will recommend it to my friends. I am a member of our local VFW Funeral Honors Team Rifle Detail. We have a bugle with the electronic insert. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I was a bugler in the US Marine Corps from September 1940 until March 1942. At that time, I became a truck driver. |
| First Name : Bruce |
| E-mail address : bruce_dawson@fhsd.k12.mo.us |
| How did you hear about this site? : I heard an interview on National Public Radio discussing Taps. Curious I entered Taps into Yahoo to make a search. Id like to know how the word Taps relates to the meaning; that is, is Taps an acronym? Or is Taps a musical word for a beat being tapped out |
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| First Name : Gerale |
| E-mail address : geraldfbell@cs.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : On television broadcasted on Veterens Day |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : So much info! Great resource for buglers. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : In AF basic training, we had a mock funeral for a fly. (You had to be there) Since I knew Taps, I was chosen to play it at the appropriate time. I lifted my hand to my mouth and dooted the song. Much later, I was asked to play an echo Taps at the funeral |
| First Name : Mark |
| E-mail address : mark.johnson@ia.ngb.army.mil |
| How did you hear about this site? : Just went on a search |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : |
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| First Name : George |
| E-mail address : NFLDPEREGRINE |
| How did you hear about this site? : From a friend from Texas |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I am a world war two combat veteran and your web site is most welcome . Thank you |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : Like many old timers I believe the sound of Taps being played as the sun set at whichever base I happened to be evoked a moment of sadness that I have never forgotten .In my day they actually played Taps and not a recording . |
| First Name : Charles |
| E-mail address : cgunn9055@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : internet browsing |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : good |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : currently volunteer as bugler for the TX State Guard, 401st air support group. also, bagpipes |
| First Name : Stephen |
| E-mail address : srh1@harrissolutions.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : I found your website while doing a search for Bugles Across America on Google. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : You have a great website full of information Taps related. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I was a trumpet player/bugler in the U.S. Army in California and Viet Nam between 1968 and 1970. I have brought my horn out of retirement and will play Taps again. |
| First Name : Jerry v Cook |
| E-mail address : dawn78 @ pivot.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : I was looking for the words to taps and history of taps to give to the high school band so those who played taps could get a feel for what they were playing and it just wasnt another peace of music |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I think its great and Ill be using it much more and Ill pass it on to my legon post.155 Naples Me.04055 |
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| First Name : jake Wahls |
| E-mail address : jake@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : teacher |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : none |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : none |
| First Name : John |
| E-mail address : kowzan@icehouse.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : I came across it when I viewed the web site for the the new Getzen American Heritage Field Trumpet. I have purchased one and am anxiously awaiting its arrival. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I am confused by the information concerning the rythm for playing taps. It is stated the correct way is with straight eights, but twice in the info you have displayed music w/ dotted eights sixteenths. What now? |
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| First Name : Gregor Richkind |
| E-mail address : gregor.richkind@us.army.mil |
| How did you hear about this site? : On NPR radio, Memorial Day, 2003. |
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| First Name : Doyle |
| E-mail address : dyoung209@comcast.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Received an amail to day about the origin of Taps. It was the one from the Civil War. Then went into Google and found your article. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Most informative, and the most accurate, I think, of all the versions of the origin of Taps. Thank you, and thank God for Veterans, this Veterans Day, 2003. |
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| First Name : Hunter |
| E-mail address : Hunterhustead@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Getzen.com |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Sempre Fi Veterans! |
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| First Name : Vicky |
| E-mail address : elicortez_90@yahoo.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : i was looking for the musics |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : |
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| First Name : Tim |
| E-mail address : hnblower@mcsi.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : found through google search |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Great help for information about TAPS for 4th grade class I teach. I am demonstrating bugling for them. |
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| First Name : Regina |
| E-mail address : nikntuck@earthlink.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : From Mr. Villanueva |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I am a Bugles Across America Bugler and an Air Force Veteran,who served our country as a psychologist at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY during Desert Storm. |
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| First Name : Randall |
| E-mail address : Rhill0630@aol.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : aol search |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I played in the Drum and Bugle Corps during Basic Training with the Air Force in the early 80s, and was selected to play informal retreats. My 12 year old daughter just asked if I would play taps at her school for veterans day celebrations. I told her it |
| First Name : frank |
| E-mail address : skeeterfxl@msn.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : browsing the internet looking for info on boyscout bugles, im a scoutmaster with a small intercity troop and looking to start a drum corp. i found a cheap gunga din model at harbor freight stores for ,the boys wanted to earn bugling merit badge and |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : your site is very informative,educational,and fun to read.keep up the good work, i will let my scouts know about your web site. |
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| First Name : Bob |
| E-mail address : Brookinsrd@navair.navy.mil |
| How did you hear about this site? : Surfing |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : Not enough room here ..... |
| First Name : R.obert |
| E-mail address : lugorob@gimail.am.mil |
| How did you hear about this site? : google search |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : great site. Ihave obtained much knowledge from this great site and the links you provided. thank you for sharing your knowledge |
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| First Name : Aaron |
| E-mail address : aaron.hill@sbcglobal.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : From A Friend |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Very good. really ejoyed it. |
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| First Name : Dr. Ken Muckelroy |
| E-mail address : musmktp@gower.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Bugles Across America |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Thank you for a very insightful, scholarly, and yet sensinive site. I commend you and I thank you |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I played my first military funeral when I was in the seventh grade,in 1947, and have played literally hundreds of Funeral Honors Services since then. |
| First Name : John |
| E-mail address : jclark@cub.kcnet.org |
| How did you hear about this site? : I used YAHOO search engine to learn about TAPS. Your site was listed. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : A very interesting and informative site. I will visit it often. THANK YOU ! |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : Im a member of The Korean War Veterans of Lycoming County PA., Inc. Two years ago we organized an Honor Guard and have since participated in over 280 Military funerals. We use recorded TAPS or live buglers when available.The average age of our Hono |
| First Name : Norman |
| E-mail address : duholsons@aol.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Bugles across AMERICA site. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Near Erie,PA would like more info on funeral playings. Enjoy all your info! Would like more info on regulations for funerals as I am willing to play in this area. |
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| First Name : Emily |
| E-mail address : LittleKline08@yahoo.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : i was searching on google for the notes of Taps and i found this site! |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : I like this site Because i like playing my Trumpet and this is a really cool site. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : I actully play Trumpet and i really love playing my trumpet. |
| First Name : don |
| E-mail address : sirfur36@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : google |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : Why dont you include a sound bite of a bugler playing taps? |
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| First Name : Shirley Ann |
| E-mail address : walkers@bright.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Ive recently written an essay on the Civil War bugler. Looked up a few key words to see if there was anything similar to my writings. So far, not. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : very nice. will come back |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : will submit at a later date |
| First Name : scott |
| E-mail address : jkeval@swbell.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : am interested inplaying taps with BSA |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : liked the song notes and history |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : none curretnly |
| First Name : Joe |
| E-mail address : jfeser@hotmail.com |
| How did you hear about this site? : Gene Horner/you |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : So far, I like the site. |
| Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) : played several times in the past few weeks. Sad to say, the one I did this morning only had two attendees other than the honor guard and myself. And this was a WWI vet. How soon we forget! |
| First Name : Mary Jane |
| E-mail address : maryjane2@bluemarble.net |
| How did you hear about this site? : Pulled it in via search engine. |
| Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) : It gave me the information I was looking for. My childrens father, a Korean War Veteran, will be buried today. I wanted them to know the real story. Thank you. |
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