Designed for collectors of antique brass musical instruments made before 1920, this book features more than 100 original line drawings from instrument catalogs
Helps identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes a brief history of E
Of the many brass bands that have flourished in Britain and Ireland over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This direct
In this readable, well-researched history, a distinguished authority on musical instruments offers a concise survey of the evolution of trumpets, trombones, bug
Informative overview of wind instruments used in European orchestras, military, and other wind bands during the past 400 years. Well-illustrated passages descri