The Bands Special Interest Group within the British Model Soldier Society is for all BMSS members who have an interest in modelling military musicians - including drummers, buglers, trumpeters and pipers - in miniature.

The SIG publishes a newsletter, Band Call, four times a year. The purpose of Band Call is to keep members of the SIG in touch with each other, pass on news and views, present articles on bands, their uniforms and instruments, and how to model them. It is hoped that the newsletters will become a useful reference source on the fascinating subject of military musicians from around the world and throughout history.

Articles in recent issues of Band Call include:

• Forgotten instruments: the keyed bugle
• About the Band of the Dragoon Guards;
• A review of postcards depicting 18th/19th century British military musicians;
• The composition of British military bands from Henry VIII to the 1960's.