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 ...

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 entrants to Spring Weekend 2025 were greeted by a curious sight: a brass band hefting sousaphones and trombones, dancing and playing a 45-minute set on the lawn, rousing attendees with their ...