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Boosey and Hawkes which manufactured tenor brass in England and France from 1930 until instrument production was halted by a succession of sales and financial problems in 2003. F.E. Olds manufactured tenor brass from 1910 until ceasing operations in 1978 with an auction of all assets.
"The Honored Dead" 1876 B ♭ minor / D ♭ / G ♭: 4 4: I-A-B-C-Br-C-Br-C-I-A-B The occasion of this march's composition is unknown, but it was arranged upon the death of President Ulysses S. Grant in 1885, and was also used in Sousa's own funeral procession.
The Euphonium was added to the bugle choir around the same time as the mellophone bugle. Euphoniums often feature a larger bore, larger bell throat, and larger bell than the bass-baritone. The Euphonium has been available in D piston configurations with F and F# rotors, F piston and F# rotor configuration, two piston, and three piston ...
The United States Army Brass Quintet. A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments.The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone.The two instrumentations of the brass quintet that are currently in use are the quintet of two trumpets ...
The brass section of the Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan in St. Petersburg.. The brass section of the orchestra, concert band, and jazz ensemble consist of brass instruments, and is one of the main sections in all three ensembles.
A marching band out of a church on Detroit's east side has helped hundreds of young people earn scholarships. Detroit marching band, percussionists, dancers funded by program founder’s 9-5 job ...
The marching mellophone, with a forward-facing bell. In general, the mellophone has its origin in the horn design boom of the 19th century. The earliest version was the Koenig horn, based on a design by Herman Koenig , but manufactured by Antoine Courtois , who may also have played a significant role in its design.
Certain low brass instruments such as trombone, tuba, euphonium, and alto horn are whole-tube and can play the fundamental tone of each harmonic series with relative ease. Furthermore, the low brass often use extra valves to extend their range uniformly, since the fundamental is chromatically discontinuous with the lowest 2nd harmonic reachable ...