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BrassBulletin

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.

No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Editorial Free
No. 7 • 1974 Digitized

Editorial

Brass Bulletin reflects on its growth and mission, reaffirming its commitment to independence, dialogue and the international brass community.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Jouko Harjanne, talent from the North

By Jeremy Mathez

Encounters
No. 59 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

The Trumpets in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Special Hungary

The Trumpets in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest

Four little-known trumpets in Budapest open a window onto Viennese makers, historical construction, pitch and the fragile survival of museum instruments.

By Leo Kappel

Equipment Research Historical instruments Instrument making
Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984) Free
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984)

A principal trumpet, influential teacher and formidable musician remembered through the voices of pupils who experienced Ernest Hall’s uncompromising standards.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters
No. 111 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Suppose they had an orchestra audition and nobody won?

By Thomas Stevens

Society Auditions Ideas
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Engelbert Schmid

The magic touch

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Equipment
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 8

James Stamp Master in listening

By Jean-Christophe Wiener

Teaching
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Porcia 2001

12th International “Citta’ di Porcia” competition - Horn

By Javier Bonet Manrique

Competition
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Shuko Kuramoto - Fairy magic on the tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
The history of the big York-Hirsbrunner Tuba Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

The history of the big York-Hirsbrunner Tuba

The instrument maker's point of view

A legendary orchestral tuba became the starting point for rethinking how craftsmanship, industrial methods and musical results rarely follow the same path.

By Peter Hirsbrunner

Instrument Makers Equipment Instrument making
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers in USA Free
No. 51 • 1985 Digitized

Part 2

Instrument Makers in USA

Schilke Music Products, Inc. Chicago

In a Chicago workshop, traditional handwork meets new bell-making methods, while Renold Schilke’s uncompromising standards shape an unusual company culture.

By Stephan Suter

Equipment Instrument Makers Instrument making
How and why I became a musician Member
No. 53 • 1986 Digitized

Part 4

How and why I became a musician

In Geneva on the eve of war, Edouard Gros navigates Ansermet’s demanding orchestra, summer trumpet engagements and the sudden upheaval of military mobilisation.

By Edouard Gros

Professional life History Orchestral playing Freelance
Member
No. 13 • 1976 Digitized

Collective improvisation in instrumental classes with different instruments

What if learning an instrument meant more than playing pieces? Roland Böckle promotes collective improvisation to develop listening, taste, and creativity.

By Roland Böckle

Teaching Improvisation Ideas
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

On the trail of the medieval slide trumpet

By David M. Guion

History
No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

Stage fright and subliminal messaging

By Michel Ricquier

Health
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

The tuba in the brass quintet

By Mel Culbertson

Technique Repertoire
Mantzaros Philharmonic Society Free
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

Mantzaros Philharmonic Society

Corfou, Greece

A Corfu musical society founded in 1890 connects European influence, amateur tradition and a trumpet school that trained some 1,200 players.

By Gerassimos Ioannides

Report Band
Editorial Free
No. 11 • 1975 Digitized

Editorial

A magazine for all brass players? Jean-Pierre Mathez tackles the challenge—and invites musicians to actively shape Brass Bulletin.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 114 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Francis Orval, A heart for the horn

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 91 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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The Digital Edition brings together the articles already digitized as searchable online texts—not simply as scans or PDF files—along with their original illustrations, notes, authorship, issue information, and available translations. Related-article suggestions currently include only this digitized material.

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We preserve the original text, language, illustrations, captions, footnotes, and editorial context as faithfully as possible. The presentation is adapted for comfortable online reading, and obvious transcription or scanning errors may be corrected. The substance and character of the published article remain unchanged.

Which languages are available?

Brass Bulletin was published in English, French, and German throughout its history. Italian and Spanish translations were added from issue No. 60 onward.

On the Italian and Spanish sites, articles from issues 1–59 are therefore shown in English by default.

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New articles are added almost daily, with approximately one complete issue digitized each week. The pace may vary depending on the preparation, image work, and editorial checking required.

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The complete Brass Bulletin collection contains 1,246 articles published between 1971 and 2003. The full index is already available online, allowing readers to discover every article in the collection, including those whose complete text has not yet been digitized.

Digitization began in February 2026. Each article is carefully prepared for online reading, checked, and connected to its issue, authors, subjects, and illustrations. At the current pace of digitization, the complete collection is expected to be available online by February 2028.

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