Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...

Taking advantage of new instrument designs developed at home and in Continental Europe, a number of other regiments had ...

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 ...

"Oh yes wicked! Look at that." And you can see thevibration travelling all the way along the spring.Chuck it back. But how do you get the air inthe brass instrument to vibrate? It's not as ...