Intro For the most part the purpose of this article is as a reference. A lot of trumpet players love…
The purpose of this post is a brief follow-up on some previous articles. It’s a bit of a rant, but…
Recently I’ve been reading a little about the old French trumpet player and pedagogue Merri Franquin. In 1912 he invented…
One or More, Big or Small, Should do it? A discussion by Richard Colquhoun about the differing attitudes towards choices…
Introduction – My Story Being a professional high-brass specialist and growing up in England with our brass band tradition I…
In the first week of September I took a trip to the Stomvi factory in Valencia, Spain. I was long…
Introduction I’m always on the lookout for weird and wonderful brass instruments. Because of the way that a brass instrument…
Image above: A dismantled Soprano Bugle. A couple of months ago I decided to dismantle and re-assemble an old Soprano…