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International Magazine for Brass Players

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Browse Brass Bulletin articles published since 1971. Search by topic, subject, instrument, author, series or issue, with new material added as the digital edition grows.

Editorial Free
No. 5 • 1973 Digitized

Editorial

Editorial of Brass Bulletin No. 5 reflecting on the magazine’s progress and reaffirming its role as an independent platform for exchange among brass players.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers in USA Free
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

Part 1

Instrument Makers in USA

American brass making in the mid-1980s stood between workshop tradition and industrial change, with ten firms offering a striking cross-section of the trade.

By Stephan Suter

Instrument Makers Instrument making
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The Dennis & Aubrey Brain chairs of horn playing

By John Humphries

Encounters
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

Stage fright and anchoring

By Michel Ricquier

Health
Albert Calvayrac Free
No. 45 • 1984 Digitized

Albert Calvayrac

Portrait

A career nearly abandoned after a disastrous switch from cornet to trumpet became a lesson in self-knowledge, persistence and an unexpected return to music.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Alto Trombone - New Modell Free
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Alto Trombone - New Modell

A forgotten solution to Baroque virtuosity meets modern orchestral demands, where historical ideals and practical performance no longer follow the same path.

By Heinrich Thein, Max Thein

Instrument Makers Equipment
No. 100 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

1997 Women’s Brass Conference

By Babette Wackernagel

No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Doctor Mouthpiece

Flesh meets metal 2: The rim width

By John Stork, Phyllis Stork

No. 91 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

An Interview with Christian Lindberg

By J. Richard Raum

Encounters
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Franz (Frantisek) Schollar and the Russian school of horn playing

By Vitali Bujanovsky

History
No. 83 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Herbert Joos

Jazz, drawing, trumpet, writing

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
On the Cornett and Serpent Member
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

On the Cornett and Serpent

From Pierre Trichet’s Traité des Instruments de Musique (c. 1640)

Written around 1640, Pierre Trichet’s Traité des Instruments de Musique preserves a firsthand account of the cornett and serpent in musical life and construction.

By Pierre Trichet

History Equipment Historical instruments
The stamps on Sax instruments Member
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

The stamps on Sax instruments

Sax instrument stamps reveal makers, addresses, patents and distinctions, giving collectors concrete clues for dating instruments across three generations.

By M. Haine, I. De Keyser

Instrument Makers History Instrument making Historical instruments Valves
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Freddy Hubbard or Jazz Goes to Hollywood

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Unknown to most players, there may be significant changes in the internal oral environment of a musician during the process of wind instrument playing

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

B.E.R.P ?

Interview with Mario Guarneri

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Technique Equipment Teaching
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945) Member
No. 22 • 1978 Digitized

Part 4

Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)

His Career

From struggle to legend: Part 4 traces Herbert L. Clarke’s rise from hardship to global fame—touring, recording, teaching, and shaping modern cornet playing.

By David Hickman

History
A New Job¹ Member
No. 51 • 1985 Digitized

A New Job¹

A professional horn player faces a late chance to change course, as routine, ambition and the unnerving reality of an orchestral audition collide.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story Professional life Auditions Orchestral playing
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Part 9

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The effects of disorders of the side teeth on brass playing

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Meeting Louie: Miami 1960

By Irving Bush

Report History
Free
No. 21 • 1978 Digitized

Emory Brace Remington

A Profile

“The trombone must sing.” Ralph Sauer profiles Emory Remington—legendary teacher whose vocal approach shaped generations and redefined brass pedagogy.

By Ralf Sauer

Teaching Encounters Sound American school Articulation
Editorial Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Editorial

More than a magazine: a call to musicians. This editorial reveals Brass Bulletin’s mission—to inspire, connect, and survive through the support of its readers.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Society Sociology Ideas
The trombone with 6 independent valves Member
No. 5 • 1973 Digitized

The trombone with 6 independent valves

Technical analysis of the trombone with six independent valves, examining its mechanics, extended range and potential for new repertoire.

By Edmond Leloir

Equipment Instrument Makers History Valves Instrument making Historical instruments
No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Georges Delerue (1925-1992)

One of the most famous French composers

By Jean Douay

Encounters Repertoire
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