Editorial

The first (modest!) edition of BRASS BULLETIN came out in the autumn of 1971. Some of you remember it, and are still with us. Your faithfulness is a constant encouragement to us.

Over the years we have managed to refine our magazine, improve the quality and content of the articles, acquire the services of qualified translators and widen the geographic spread of news — creating, all in all, a world-wide network of professional solidarity.

What drives us to maintain this effort?

• Our respect for every brass player, beginner or expert, and our ambition to give him some extra trump cards in his search for artistic balance.
• A passionate interest for the history of brass through the ages, an inexhaustible source, but also the best means of helping us to find our place in the modern world (the influence of tradition etc.) and the desire to pass on this interest to others so that the collective consciousness may be enriched and respect for our differences maintained.
• The pleasure of developing communication, exchange and the confrontation of ideas; of extending musical and technical knowledge; of introducing you to one another and of sharing all that with you.
• The opportunity to offer all the craftsmen and the various industries connected with music an effective channel of information by presenting their work and their products either in advertisements or in our reviews and articles, thus helping you in your choice of instrumental equipment and repertoire.