I am a certified, highly skilled   Taps Bugler  at   Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery   (JBNC)  and was a professional trumpeter with   The United States Army Band  ("Pershing's Own") at Fort Myer, Virginia where my assignments included sounding Taps at   Arlington National Cemetery.

Hire me as your professional   Live Taps Bugler. During funeral arrangements with the   Funeral Director, please mention you want   Live Taps   sounded. For services 50 or more miles outside the Saint Louis, Missouri vicinity, an added mileage/time amount will be factored into my fee. 

As your   Taps Bugler  for sounding   Live Taps, be confident I will play a beautiful, soulful rendition for the veteran's last farewell 24 note salute. 

I am not a pro bono (plays for free) member of   Bugles Across America; instead, I am a professional, highly skilled trumpeter. 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.

Professional Bugler at Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery (JBNC)