Word: piccolo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With every fiddler in New England clamoring for a chance to wrest the crown from champion Mellie Dunham, Bob Lampoon, honorary editor of the Lampoon, veteran piccolo player, has signified his willingness to match tunes with the Maine player. Bob claims to have over one hundred different pieces, where Mellie has only three or four, but the piccolo player declares that with a little practice he can become profficient in "Turkey in the Straw" and "Old Zip Coon" as well...
...recalls several important occasions in his 50 years of piccolo playing when he has played before celebrities, and in contests of various kinds. Forty eight years ago, as a boy of 17, Bob rendered several of his tunes at the home of Benjamin Butler, at one time governor of Massachusetts, and famous lawyer. In commenting on this memorable occasion Bob was full of praise for the "poor man's lawyer" as he termed the late governor...
...most interesting incidents in his many years of playing the piccolo, was his contest with a "fancy dancing girl", long before the advent of the "marathon dancers...
Freshmen and graduate students who play the clarinet, cornet, piccolo, and flute are especially needed. Instruments will be loaned to anyone upon application to the management...
...then explained that the Nihilist leaders had hired him to play his piccolo in their parade. Four dollars, he said, would buy his musical services but not his political principles, and he wanted the public to understand his feeling on the matter...