Folds of Honor -- June 27, 2022

Live Taps Matters LLC



FUNERAL DIRECTORS -- VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS


A huge misunderstanding by grieving families is that TAPS will be played by a live bugler. What almost always happens is that a person will push a button on a ceremonial bugle that will play a recording of taps. This misunderstanding can be eliminated.  Do this instead:


Ask the Family these questions:
 
1. Are you aware that TAPS is now played electronically?  Wait for answer.
 
2. Would you prefer to hear a LIVE BUGLER sound TAPS instead of hearing a recording?  Wait for answer.

We have a bugler who plays TAPS beautifully. He was a bugler with The United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own) at Arlington National Cemetery.
 
3. Would you want this bugler to play LIVE TAPS for you?  Wait for answer.


Upon request, as the family makes their way to the gravesite, mention he can play Amazing Grace or any other family favorite hymn or perhaps one of the five Military anthems such as the Navy’s Anchors Away, the Army’s Caisson Song. You could suggest this to the family – all part of his bugler fee - not an extra charge.


If not already known, give me a call to get my fee.




DID YOU KNOW THIS?


Live Taps can be played anywhere: local cemeteries, church services, memorials, etc.


​Hire me as your professional Live Taps bugler -- a military veteran -- former professional trumpeter with The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.


For services 50 or more miles outside the Saint Louis, Missouri vicinity, an added mileage/time amount will be factored into my fee. 


Military Funeral Honors reflects the high regard and respect accorded to Military Service and demonstrates military professionalism to the nation and the world. Instead of hearing Recorded Taps coming from a Ceremonial Bugle, request me, a highly skilled, professional Live Taps Bugler.


Cold, freezing weather? You want a highly skilled, professional bugler - no worries with Taps quality! You will clearly hear Live Taps  played correctly.


Non-veteran families can also request   Live Taps  for their loved one -- it's not just for veterans.


Upon request, I can play any hymn the family would like to hear: Amazing Grace, Danny Boy, etc. Any of the five military anthems can also be requested: Army Caisson, Anchors Away, etc. If requested, these are usually played as the funeral procession is walking towards the gravesite.


Click   Echo Taps    to hear how it will sound with two buglers.  This is available if the family requests it.


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Bill Hershey -- Click To Call:

636-248-1823

636-248-1823



Bill Hershey -- Click To Call:

636-248-1823

636-248-1823


When it absolutely, positively needs to be performed LIVE and CORRECTLY.


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Live Taps Matters    --   Helping You Honor Life

When it absolutely, positively needs to be performed LIVE and CORRECTLY, ask for me. Live Taps Matters

Eliminate the musical uncertainty of how Taps will sound. Buglers have varying degrees of quality: Some good, many absolutely terrible. This is where I come in. With me, you can be certain my
  Live Taps  will be played beautifully and correctly as the final farewell salute to your loved one.

Veterans deserve
  Live Taps, not a recording. If not requested, an electronic recording most likely will be played instead - Live Taps Matters.


I am a member of the Saint Louis Musician's Union Local   2-197.

Bugler Bill Hershey  is better known around the Saint Louis area as the   Live Taps Bugler. Whether sounding a call for "Attention," sounding "To The Color" at a patriotic ceremony, playing "To The Post" at a racing event, playing the "National Anthem," rendering "Taps" at a funeral or memorial service, or sounding "The Last Post" at ceremonies, these calls can provide a perfect option. I was a professional, highly skilled trumpeter / Taps Bugler with The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) at Fort Myer, Virginia and sounded "Taps" at Arlington National Cemetery as a member of this elitist military band.   Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery  is currently where I have performed at Memorial Day and Veterans Day services in the Saint Louis area. I have sounded Live Taps at thousands of funerals and church funeral services, and at Civil War related events. I also sound brilliant, attention-grabbing trumpet fanfares using a piccolo trumpet at weddings and special events.


The following is a partial list of   Funeral Homes   where I have sounded  Live Taps  as a   Taps Bugler  during   Military Funeral Honors.


Clicking on the   Funeral Home  will take you to their website.


Alexander-White-Mullen Funeral Home

Baue Funeral Home

Bopp Chapel

Buchholz Funeral Home

Chapel Hill Funeral Home

Collier's Funeral Home

Dietrich-Motherheads Funeral Home

Hoffmeister Colonial Mortuary

Hutchens Mortuary

Ingersoll Chapel

Kutis Funeral Home

Mahn Funeral Home

Martin Funeral Home

McCoy-Blossom Funeral Home

Ortmann-Stipanovich Funeral Home

Pitman Funeral Home

Schrader Funeral Home

Shepard Funeral Home

Stygar Funeral Home

Valhalla Funeral Chapel

John L Ziegenhein and Sons Funeral Home


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