A REED BAND
TO THE RDITOR. Sir,—The recent visit of the Artillery Band which gave us the pleasure of hearing a real military organisation, has no doubt caused many to ask: Why have we no reed bands in Wellington? This being the Capital City and the seat of Government should surely be able to support at least one good military band. They have a fairly s;_ood one at Auckland and also at Dunedin, but the Wellington bands are all brass, pure and simple. I have no fault to find with the Wellington brass bands, but when all is said and done a brass band—well, it is a brass band. There can be no question of tho superiority of a properly balanced reed band, and the cost of equipment and maintenance would be found to be less than that of brass bands. Being 1 a clarinet player and an old member of military bands, I should like to see some move made in the direction of forming a reed band here, and feel sure that the musical public would support such a. band.—l a.m, etc., ROYAL ARTILLERY. 16th December, 1913.'
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1913, Page 10
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189A REED BAND Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 146, 17 December 1913, Page 10
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