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Instruments made of metal or other alloy materials can also be damaged by water. The reaction of water and metal is one of the biggest issues faced by musical instrument conservators. [17] Recommendations include: "Clear the moisture from wind instruments immediately after they are played." [11]
Stravinsky in 1921. The Octet for wind instruments is a chamber music composition by Igor Stravinsky, completed in 1923.. Stravinsky’s Octet is scored for an unusual combination of woodwind and brass instruments: flute, clarinet in B ♭ and A, two bassoons, trumpet in C, trumpet in A, tenor trombone, and bass trombone.
Orsi Instrument Company, sometimes called Romeo Orsi or commonly just Orsi, is an Italian manufacturer of musical instruments, especially brass and woodwind instruments. They are notable for being one of the few manufacturers in the world to have made the now rare sarrusophones , the contrabass saxophone , and the piccolo A♭ clarinet .
Getzen had trained in instrument repair with the C.G. Conn company and worked as a plant superintendent for the Frank Holton Company. Initially opened as a repair shop, the company expanded after World War II to instrument manufacture. In 1946, Getzen produced its first trombones. In 1947, Getzen started producing trumpets and cornets as well ...
C. G. Conn Ltd., Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, is a former American manufacturer of musical instruments incorporated in 1915. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conn, a major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA.
Embouchure collapse, "blowing one's chops" is a generic term used by wind instrument players to describe a variety of conditions which result in the inability of the embouchure to function. The embouchure is the purposeful arrangement of the facial muscles and lips to produce a sound on a wind or brass instrument.
There have been claims that the instrument was a direct ancestor of the saxophone: supposedly Adolphe Sax, while repairing an ophicleide, put a woodwind mouthpiece on the instrument and liked the sound, allegedly leading Sax to design and create a purpose-built instrument. However, this story is not considered plausible, since the developmental ...
A brass aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones, literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments". [23] There are several factors involved in producing different pitches on a brass ...