Cornet is the smallest of all brass instruments which initially became popular in solo acts on our list of easiest brass instruments to play in a band. It has three valves which are pressed by fingers ...

Part I The Musician's Experience and The Scientific Perspective -- How Musicians Create, Perceive and Use the Sounds of Brass Instruments -- The Scientist's Perspective on Brass Instrument Behaviour - ...

Musicians say spit and foul breath can linger in the instrument's plumbing. Sept. 7, 2010— -- That saxophone player can sure play the blues, but his instrument may be getting green. Brass ...

1815: A Prussian composer reports a new contrivance. A local chamber musician has modified his brass concert horn, adding valves that allow him to play all the notes in the chromatic scale deftly and ...