But old brass instruments ... from instrument to instrument, and can vary even more depending on the mouthpiece and, obviously, the player. Generally, late 19th- and early 20th-century instruments ...

Landress Brass, a brass-instrument-restoration and -retail company in New York City. He walks us through how he and his team restore brass musical instruments. This includes disassembling the ...

Early brass bands also embraced new instrument designs adopted by their ... The family's patriarch, John Distin, had begun his musical career in the wartime militia. O'Keeffe identifies a number ...