Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major ...

Research reveals that Britain’s earliest brass bands were established by military musicians returning from the Napoleonic Wars in the 1810s, debunking the idea that they were solely civilian and ...

A musical instrument maker that’s been around 400 years? Yes. And you’ve seen their stuff in use recently, too.

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make ... and a tuba is the lowest pitched brass instrument. Each family of instruments makes their sound in different ...