Interesting Article

[Kevin Miller]

As this does not pertain to oft repeated of "Which Horn To Buy" or "Mouthpiece Question"; I was unsure if this belonged on the Main Page. This article will illuminate and provoke thought, I hope.
http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseactio ... _id=115960

[Chuck(G)]

Check out this 1885 article:

http://memory.loc.gov:8081/music/sm/sm1 ... 08/008.tif

(It's kind of hard to read because of the scanning method and the age, but check out the first article entitled "Educating the Mob")