Anzac Day: The playing of The Last Post

[Roscoe]

It always makes me stop and listen. Can't help it being an Army brat, I think I was brainwashed by all that khaki at an impressionable age.

I do really like the War Memorial Museum's Online Cenotaph, that is such a great initiative. And the research behind the names is fantastic. My Dad is up there now, so I laid a poppy for him, along with the ones for the greats. Nice to be able to do that. I should scan one of the photos of him in uniform, for the grandchildren and great grands to discover sometime in the future.

The sentiment is very good and I agree entirely, but that is not the question that I asked! I was wondering why they play The Last Post on a trumpet and not the traditional way on a bugle? It seems as though you did not read my post completely.

And since you mentioned it - do you know what a cenotaph is? It is a monument erected in memory of a person or people  whose body or bodies are buried elsewhere - in effect an empty tomb.

So, does anyone know the answer to my question? Is a trumpet easier to play than a bugle? I don't play myself, so I don't really know. So what is the reason? I'd be interested to know.