Even in the din of the chattering crowd present at the Wagah Border, the bugle’s sound is easily identifiable when the Pakistani flag is unfurled. Bugle players say that it is not just any melody but ...

There is a shortage of people players to play taps at military funerals. Funeral honor guards have increasingly used prerecorded versions often played in the speaker that fits inside a vehicle. The ...

Bruce Walker played trumpet in school and later in his own band, but he put the horn down in the 1980s and didn’t play again for 30 years. That changed after Walker attended a friend’s funeral and ...