Brass Bulletin No. 43

Jean-Pierre Mathez

Mass media, record-industry economics and the return of cornet virtuosity collide in a sharp warning about fashion, manipulation and musical independence.

Stephen J. Weston

Once central to French orchestras, the ophicleide lost its place to the tuba—a disappearance shaped as much by institutions and repertoire as by sound.

Jean-Pierre Mathez

Behind Rome’s musical prestige, RAI brass players describe shrinking salaries, insecure orchestral careers and the compromises required simply to remain musicians.

All sorts of old, rare and unusual musical instruments bought and sold by Tony Bingham

Thomas Aitken

Peter Damm

Michel Laplace

diverse makers

Thomas Stevens