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Over the years, there's been a decline in the manufacture of musical instruments in the U.S. A large portion come from overseas. Now, tariffs are causing a big jump in costs for music stores.
Brass instruments are the ones made fully out of brass looking like long pipes, that widen at the end in a shape of a bell. They are played by buzzing lips against the metal mouth part.
According to the National Association of Music Merchants, in 2019 US schools acquired 258,000 brass instruments. Still, the runway to a higher volume of sales is there for S.E. Shires.
Instruments once played by top-shelf brass players, in the CSO and elsewhere, have made their way into Hagstrom, Friedman and Batallán’s collections.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A unique performance Saturday at Independence Mall. A group of musicians played some unusual instruments, in an effort to break a world record.
Knowing what we know now about the way Covid-19 is spread by air and how much brass and woodwind instruments can contribute to this, Volckens also emphasized that shutting down music venues and ...
Remember that time back in 2022 when novelty cover act Brass Against ‘s frontwoman Sophia Urista pissed on a fan’s face on stage in front of thousands? What a wild story. Thankfully, no urine was ...
From trombones to flugelhorns, no two art pieces are alike. Locke disassembles some of the brass instruments and welds assorted machine parts to each piece for an industrial look. He also solders ...
Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...
A long-established South West-based manufacturer of mutes, mouthpieces and accessories for brass instruments has been sold to an Italian PE-backed music firm.
I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!