First Brass Band
The first Salvation Army brass band came into being at Salisbury
in the autumn of 1878 when Charles Fry and his three sons, Fred, Ernest and Bert,
responded to the need of early Army pioneers for protection from attack.
With them
they brought their instruments, two cornets, a valve trombone and a euphonium, with
which they accompanied the open air meetings in the market place. The band was dissolved
upon the death of Charles Fry on August 24th 1882
The First Corps Band
Consett Corps, County Durham, was formed in December 1879 and
went out on the streets playing at Christmas.
The original band consisted of just
four players, Bandmaster Edward Lennox, and Bandsmen George Storey, James Simpson
and Robert Greenwood.
The International Staff Band
The I.S.B. was formed in 1891 as the International Headquarters
Staff Band, and Staff Captain Fred Fry was appointed to take charge.
The first Bandmaster
to be officially appointed was Jabez Lyne on September 23rd 1893, when Adjutant Thomas
Marshall was also appointed first leader of the International Staff Band.
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