amateur band

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An amateur band of musicians serenaded Mr. Tilden, but they played only by ear and had picked up only one tune.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2018

Both of our stations were operating in the 14 megacycle amateur band.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Duluth delegation had brought their famous Beaver amateur band, in Zouave costumes of green velvet jacket, blue trousers, and scarlet fez.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair

An amateur band was mustered for him, and the manuscript choruses thus verified were those of the Messiah.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

Then there was a distant sound of music, the music of the amateur band of the town, the sonorous strains of whose brass instruments were borne to her at intervals on the breeze.

From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)