After 60 years of making instruments in Ohio, this iconic American factory is shutting down for good

Conn-Selmer, Inc., filed official notice that it will eliminate 150 jobs at its Eastlake plant. Production will move to China ...
CNET

Horn in the USA: Building better brass instruments, one part at a time

Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's worked since 2000. A born browser of dictionaries, he honed his language skills as a US Army linguist (Polish and German) before diving into ...
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Kansas City ‘Horn Doctor’ helps keep jazz alive by hand-crafting trumpets and tubas on Vine Street

Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band, Lincoln Center's jazz series and others from around the world come to his ...

Famous brass instrument maker sold — what the takeover means for musicians

John Packer Musical Instruments has acquired Richard Smith Musical Instruments of Sheriff Hutton, including the globally ...
PBS

Brass Instruments

From trumpets to tubas, brass instruments are powered by buzzing lips! Dr. Rob and the Crew reveal how vibrations become sound, why bells flare, and how valves and slides change pitch. With balloon ...
Chicago Tribune

Nothing else sounds like vintage brass: These CSO musicians are avid collectors of age-old instruments

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...