James Tappern
United StatesmusicianMale8.0Global Dominance: 0.01%James Tappern was a British army bandsman who gained fame for playing the ancient trumpets of Tutankhamun during a historic 1939 BBC radio broadcast, marking the first time these 3,000-year-old instruments were heard by the modern world.
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James Tappern was a British army bandsman who blew into the oldest surviving metal trumpets in existence.
The Egyptian trumpets that lay silent for over 3,000 yearsCNN·United States· 2026-08-10
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