Attrezzatura
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Some observation prompted by H. Baumann: Which Horn for which Music
Commentary responding to H. Baumann’s article (BB 3), offering critical observations and contributing to the ongoing debate on horn playing.
Di Harold Meek
I myself have formed this instrument
“Forming” the instrument? A dangerous illusion. This article debunks the myth: the instrument cannot be shaped — it is the player who must adapt.
Di Robert Ischer
Václav F. Cerveny (1819-1896)
Famous instrument maker
A pioneer of brass design: V. F. Červený shaped modern wind instruments—challenging Adolphe Sax and defining the rich sound of the Austrian school.
Di Vaclav Hoza
La tromba universale di Gabriele Cassone
Strumenti barocchi, Berio e musica italiana dimenticata convivono in Cassone in una concezione insolitamente ampia del trombettista moderno.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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300 Years of the Horn
in the Dresden Court Orchestra
From Dresden’s court musicians to Hampel’s hand-horn technique, virtuoso players and court repertoire shaped a decisive shift in horn playing and orchestral writing.
Di Peter Damm
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The stamps on Sax instruments
Sax instrument stamps reveal makers, addresses, patents and distinctions, giving collectors concrete clues for dating instruments across three generations.
Di M. Haine, I. De Keyser
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The Measurement of Mouthpiece Pressure
Objective measurements on trumpet players challenge common beliefs about mouthpiece pressure, showing stable individual patterns across pitch, dynamics and playing level.
Di P. Kenny, John Davies
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The alto trombone and contemporary concepts of trombone timbre
Alto trombone timbre from Vienna to Brahms, orchestral balance, period practice, and why bright brass sounds gradually disappeared.
Di William E. Runyan
Gratuito
Editorial
Behind a musician’s instrument lies a quiet industrial battle, as European, American and Japanese makers compete to shape the future of brass playing.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gratuito
On the sensitivity of brass instruments
Metal, pressure nodes and temperature shifts shape response, timbre and tuning, as Emile Ferron links instrument acoustics to the player’s imprint.
Di Emile Ferron
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The Trumpet
An exhibition at the Trumpeter's Castel in Bad Säckingen
Natural trumpets from Verona, Nürnberg and Vienna framed a 1979 gathering in Säckingen linking Baroque practice, collecting culture and modern playing.
Di Kurt Janetzky
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The trombone: changing times, changing slide positions
Did trombonists always use seven positions? Heinrich Huber reveals how history, theory and early music reshaped the slide.
Di Heinrich Huber
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Parte 2
The Baroque trumpet, the high trumpet and the so-called Bach trumpet
Continuation of Edward H. Tarr’s study on the Baroque trumpet, examining the high trumpet and further clarifying the concept of the “Bach trumpet.”
Di Edward H. Tarr
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Science in the service of music
Interview with René Périnelli
Where trumpet teaching once relied on intuition, René Périnelli and Jean-Jacques Greffin brought physiology, medical imaging and science into daily practice.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
A wealth of Baroque music lies dormant in libraries, caught between historical instrument names, technical demands, and the competing claims of horn and trumpet players.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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The Pitch Finder
A 1980 attempt to make trumpet intonation mechanical shifts familiar pitch corrections from the embouchure to the fingers, with striking consequences for playing.
Di Jack Holland
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Parte 5
Instrument Makers in USA
S. W. Lewis Orchestral Horns
For Steven Lewis, building a horn begins with playing it: craftsmanship, acoustic compromise and observation shape instruments made for musicians rather than theory.
Di Stephan Suter
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Mouthpiece pressure in Horn Playing
Graduation project in technical method
Long before sensors entered the practice room, one horn student measured embouchure pressure by hand, challenging assumptions that still shape brass pedagogy.
Di Edgar Bürger
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Parte 3
The Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Haydn’s trumpet concerto becomes a study of manuscript detail, performance choices, and the fragile ways listeners receive a familiar work.
Di Alfred Willener
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The tuba in France
How did the tuba emerge as an orchestral force? Fernand Lelong and Robert Coutet trace its path—from serpent to Sax—and its rapid rise.
Di Fernand Lelong, Robert Coutet
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Parte 3
The Trumpet in the USA
Gadgets I
From Schilke soundposts to piccolo trumpet extensions, American performers turned technical frustrations into specialized tools for modern playing.
Di Thomas Stevens
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The contrabass sackbut
a modern copy
A reconstructed 17th-century contrabass sackbut revives forgotten low brass practice, from Venetian polychoral music to modern performance challenges.
Di Richard Lister
The lead trumpet player
A survey of training, practice and equipment
Article on lead trumpet playing, covering training, practice methods and equipment for achieving accuracy, endurance and style.
Di John Harding
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Reminiscence of trombonists of the past
Echoes of the past: Werner Beyer traces great trombonists from the 17th century to Wagner’s era—revealing how tradition, players, and instruments shaped the modern orchestra.
Di Werner Beyer