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A brass instrument is a musical instrument that uses a cupped mouthpiece shaped in a way that allows the player's lips to vibrate to generate the instrument's sound. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brass instruments .
Brass instruments are one of the major classical instrument families and are played across a range of musical ensembles. Orchestras include a varying number of brass instruments depending on music style and era, typically: two or three trumpets; four to eight French horns; two or three tenor trombones; one bass trombone; one tuba
The Flumpet was designed in 1989 [2] and borrows the three piston valve design of both the trumpet and flugelhorn and shares the same instrument length of a trumpet. The curves on the end of the Flumpet have a resemblance to shepherd's crooks.
The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family. The sound of the saxhorn has a characteristic mellow tone quality and blends well with other brass.
A fiscorn (Catalan pronunciation: [fisˈkɔɾn]) is a brass instrument. It is a bass flugelhorn in the key of C. In the cobla , it has the deepest sound among the brass instruments.
Besson is a manufacturer of brass musical instruments. It is owned by Buffet Crampon , which bought Besson in 2006 from The Music Group . The company was formed in 1837 by Gustave Auguste Besson , who at the age of 18 produced a revolutionary design of cornet which surpassed all contemporary models.
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The cimbasso is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone.First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent, the term cimbasso came to denote several instruments that could play the lowest brass part in 19th century Italian opera orchestras.