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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.
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]
AMATI Kraslice, Czech wind instrument company; Besson, a subsidiary of Buffet, manufactures tenor brass in Germany, France and India; Červený, Czech brass instrument company; subsidiary of Geneva Instruments; Conn-Selmer manufactures tenor brass under the historic C.G. Conn and King Musical Instruments names at multiple facilities in the ...
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 ...
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.
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth (F. E.) Olds in Fullerton, California, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments , especially trombones , cornets , and trumpets .
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.
A wind quartet is an ensemble consisting of a mixture of brass and woodwind instruments, or music written for a combination of four such instruments. [1] It is distinct therefore from the woodwind quartet (usually flute , oboe , clarinet and bassoon ), brass quartet (usually two trumpets , horn or baritone horn , and trombone ), and quartets ...