Musicians on board

[Patrick J. Lemieux]

Hi Everyone,
Quick question for my research. Were the musicians White Star employees or hired independently ? If I missed it somewhere on here I do apologize.

Cheers

 

[Michael H. Standart]

The musicians were independant contractors and ticketed as second class passengers. See This entry for the details. They all boarded in Southampton on 10 April 1912 on ticket No. 250654.

 

[Patrick J. Lemieux]

Michael,
Thank you very much. I guess I was thrown off since I read somewhere that they wore White Star pins and my impression was (and obviously wrong) that they were employees....

Thanks again

 

[Mark Baber]

For an explanation of how this came to be, look at Musicians

Edited to update the link. MAB

 

[Patrick J. Lemieux]

Mark,
Excellent. Thanks very much.

 

[Patrick J. Lemieux]

They were not crew and were not passengers so that sort of puts them in a strange situation I guess much like the 'a la carte' staff who I believe were nor crew or passengers but simply hired by the person who ran restaurant.

 

[Bob Godfrey]

Jeremy, try the 'dining on board' thread in 'Life on Board' section.

 

[Mable McKinley]

Can anyone give me information on the musician who played the Tuba? I don't know his name although someone said his name is Justin.

[Moderator's Note: This post, originally posted in another thread in this subtopic, has been moved to the pre-existing one discussing the musicians. JDT]

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hello Mable,

Welcome aboard. None of the musicians played a tuba on board Titanic.

For a complete list of the band and their biographies, click here.