Bugle Plays "Taps"... without Bugler
Each day, death catches up with about 1,800 men and women who have served in the US military. However, only 500 buglers are on duty each day, with funds for musicians hard to come by. How to honor the dead with the traditional farewell, "Taps," without the indignity of a boom box? Hide it inside the bugle itself.

The Ceremonial Bugle is a $500 push-button device that hides inside the bell of the horn, but plays a digital recording of "Taps," automatically, no musical skills required. Just a dignified pose. In military funerals, real buglers are used whenever possible. Since January 2000, recorded versions of "Taps" have been permitted by law when buglers are not available. The new instrument, according to the Pentagon, plays "an exceptionally high quality rendition… that is virtually indistinguishable from a live bugler."

Read about the tradition of bugles and Taps from the US Military Academy or TapsBugler.com

Read more about the Ceremonial Bugle in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Visit the Ceremonial Bugle Company at their own site