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Andy Ruff stands behind the Otis Park Bandshell Oct. 18 in Bedford, Indiana. Ruff stood below the etching on the stone that read "Music is the art of the prophets. The only art that can calm the agitations of the soul: it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents god has given us. Of all the arts beneath the heaven. That man has found. Or god has given. None draws the so so sweet away. As music's melting. Mystic lay."