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View of Portland Light Infantry Muster, ca. 1803

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Fifes are a small woodwind instrument commonly used in military bands because the high pitch sound carries over long distances, even during battles."

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Bassoon, Standish, ca. 1800

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"A woodwind instrument, this bassoon disassembles into six pieces for transport. John Parker of London, England made this bassoon."

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W. E. Chandler's Band, Kennebunkport, 1910

Strike Up the Band

Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.