Prince Albert made a large crowd of people soil themselves in 1800's England. Today, we play the brown note as a gag. Where did it come from, and why can't we seem to get rid of it?

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Music: 

Intro and Outro: "Barroom Ballet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hunter’s Anecdotes: “All the Colors in the World” by Podington Bear podingtonbear.com

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Sources:

“The Collophone Commemorated” by Irwin Friml from the December 1974 issue of New Scientist.

https://pressforsound.com/2017/12/08/sonic-weaponry-part-2-the-brown-note/#:~:text=Supposedly%2C%20the%20first%20appearance%20of,caused%20the%20entire%20audience%20to%E2%80%A6

Montgomery, Henry C. (1959). "Amplification and High Fidelity in the Greek Theater". The Classical Journal. 54 (6): 242–245. JSTOR 3294133

https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/collection-items/speaking-trumpet/