Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.
The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.