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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thief stole £18,000 of brass band's instruments for just £61 scrap... and here's all that's left of the cornet By STEVE BIRD FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 11:46 EDT, 23 November 2011 ...
Brass, woodwind instruments emit respiratory particles, study finds Date: July 15, 2022 Source: Colorado State University Summary: Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind ...