The mournful music can be heard while traveling down East Market Street and rounding the corner of North Kenton Street. The sorrowful notes eventually round back to the Urbana Fire Division in the municipal building, where two firefighters are diligently trying to master the art of the bagpipe.
Eric Beverly and Brian Williams are flushed, drenched in perspiration and attempting what seems to be impossible on this Monday - tuning the bagpipe. Beverly eventually gives up and shrugs his shoulder.
“If it’s not making my ears bleed, it’s not too bad,” he said.
The two are currently the only two firefighters in the Urbana Fire Division who are all too familiar with the stubborn instrument. The bagpipe has been a tradition for centuries for fire departments and service personnel and Beverly and Williams picked up the skill about five years ago, with the intent of continuing the custom.
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