More than a decade ago, the Pentagon developed digital devices that can be fit into the horn of a bugle and play Taps when a button is pushed.
Even though it may look like someone is playing a bugle, they are actually faking it -- that is, most of the time.
Larry Ransom decided he wasn’t happy about the tinny sound of that fake bugle playing. In 2014, he co-founded TAPPS, which stands for Trumpeters Alliance to Perform Patriotic Services. He and his members actually play bugles at military funerals.
(Editor's note: This story originally aired April 2015)
Larry Ransom, co-founder, TAPPS
