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Thread #63459   Message #1032258
Posted By: Steve Parkes
09-Oct-03 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Instruments: Tales of the Unexpected
Subject: RE: Instruments: Tales of the Unexpected
Back in the 60s there were a couple of guys in one of the Guards regiments who got in the papers and on the telly by playing their rifles. They still had Lee-Enfield .303s in those days; you opened the breech, shoved a bugle mouthpiece into the muzzle and ... just played! Didn't sound too good, but as Dr Johnsosn said about the dog walking on its hind legs ...

I also remember James Robertson Justice (I thik!) playing a tune on his hand in a similar manner: he made an "OK" sign with his thumb and forefinger, and blew through that!

Steve