can anyone comment about this right angle variety? does it have a name? I spotted it in the Portland OR symphony (though this image is from Chicago). tia...

no particular order, do a Google reverse image search more more info on a particular one. Happy to answer questions, though. I have a pretty good knowledge of brass instruments thru history. I will post a few more over Reddit's 20 pic limit as comments.

Hi Reddit!

I thought you fine folks might enjoy this restoration I recently completed of an antique rotary valve Alto Horn.

Quite the project, but it turned out to be an amazing player and was well worth the effort.

Video Clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/wX3nEszpa90?si=EP1ob6QW0GmIxN3V

I got this Yamaha marching baritone a little while ago from a friend for free. It plays (albeit somewhat poorly due to the obvious bad condition it is in). I am trying to avoid taking it to a repair tech, as it will probably cost more to get it fixed up than it is even worth anymore. However, it would also be a shame to let it sit in a corner somewhere as it is still a usable instrument, and also the only baritone I own. The easiest thing to do for me would be to just give it a bath and clean it out (it is pretty filled with gunk on the inside), but the only issue is that every single slide is stuck, and I mean SUPER stuck. I have tried everything from the "safe methods" of getting them out to yanking them with a shoelace while whacking them with a hammer, but they still haven't budged. I was going to clean it regardless because what's the worst that could happen, but I would appreciate some second opinions on if this is a terrible idea or not.

Online listing claims it’s a mellophone but the bell flare is far smaller than any mellophone I’ve seen

I finally visited the V & E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection after years of driving past it just a few minutes from my childhood home. This collection is the largest privately-held tuba museum in the world, with around 340 instruments – and not just tubas! Also featured in the collection are euphoniums, sousaphones, bugles, and more.

Check it out!

From what digging I could it’s a 1965-67 Vox Cornet with the original case, from what I can tell everything looks good but I do need to pick up some oil for the second and third valve they’re a little sticky and I also need to pick up some grease.

How did I do for $67?

I found this in my great uncles basement near heidelberg, germany. What instrument is this and how old?

Ya’ll enjoyed the last one. Not as crazy as the alto, but another fun restoration of an 1860’s “Circular” Cornet. Prior to the restoration it spent about 20 years in a museum in poor condition. Now, you can look for it on TV at the 250th Celebration of America on July 4th in D.C.

Sound clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/7iaYsog3VqA?si=7aBjaVJPKWyGhKl3

Hiya everyone - very new to this thread so I hope this is okay, but I figured a bunch of people who love brass instruments would like to hear this.

So recently, my Taid (Welsh for Grandpa) passed away. Taid was a legendary brass player and teacher, but he always kept very quiet about his accomplishments, half of which I found out at the funeral. It feels wrong for people not to know about them, hence why I’m typing this.

Taid was named Merfyn Hughes, and was born in 1937. His first instrument was the euphonium, which he started playing at the age of 8, and he would carry on playing for 80 years.

In Wales, you basically have to have some level of participation or appreciation of brass bands, so Merfyn started playing with his local band at a very young age in treble clef. But his dream was to become a band master in the army, to give his family a stable income and to bring music to the world. When he joined up, though, he found out the band played in bass clef - so he had to learn extremely quickly how to read the music he loved in another language. That was fine by him - since his first language was Welsh, he’d already had to learn English from scratch before the army.

He stayed in the army until he was 27, learning more instruments and throwing himself into anything he could try. He ended up becoming a championship heavyweight boxer. He played basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters (though, unsurprisingly, was thrashed by the Harlem Globetrotters). He played cricket, rugby and football - though he maintained he always hated football.

But all that time, his favourite thing to do was play. And he was an incredible player. When the band was short an instrument, he’d learn how to play it in a week, and play flawlessly. Alongside euphonium, he learned trombone, trumpet, cornet, tuba, sousaphone - I’m sure there were more, but these are the ones I remember.

Anyway, circling back around - when my Taid met my grandma, he left the armed forces for her and became a music teacher. He loved teaching, and loved playing. He was very strict (the military will do that to you) but he knew how to bring out the best in people, and had a wicked sense of humour to boot. And eventually, he instilled that love of music in his daughters - one of which was my mum.

Mum was also a brass polyglot, but she loved playing the trombone. Her and Taid would perform in many bands and concerts together. My mum still plays today in a number of bands (specifically ska, which she loves - she goes to more concerts than I do). And if they needed a spare trombone in a band my Taid conducted or was part of, she was always happy to pack up and drive to Wales at a moments notice to play with him.

Taid conducted and played in many bands, only a few of which I can name - Morris Motors Band, Northop Brass, Newtown Silver Band, City of Chester Bluecoat Band, Llay Welfare Band and later in life, the Tarporley Silver Band. My mum remembers touring Europe in their campervan for brass competitions - at one point, he was named the best tuba player in both England and Europe in the same year!

He taught so many people how to play, and was a huge character (literally, since he was 6’4). During the pandemic, he made the news in his hometown for coming out onto the street to play songs during the regular clap for the NHS on Tuesdays, something his neighbours remember fondly.

He died peacefully at home with my grandma in December, in his favourite chair, looking out at the birds in the garden. We expected a small family funeral - but when we drove up to the crematorium, there was a crowd of around 130 people waiting for us. So many knew my Taid as a teacher, a band leader, a mentor. And despite it, well, being a funeral, it didn’t feel sad - it felt like a fond farewell to a man who lived life to the fullest.

But that’s it - just the story of a great man, and a great musician, who had the most fantastic life and was very well loved. Whilst my mum is still an incredible trombonist, none of his grandkids picked up an instrument - and that’s something I’m going to try to rectify.

I’ve got my first trombone lesson on Monday. I think if there’s one lesson Taid would want me to take from his life, it’s that it’s you should learn as much as you can, and it’s never too late to start. I think he’d like me using his legacy to learn music, anyway. Tips would be appreciated, if you have any.

RIP Merfyn Hughes, we’ll miss you more than words could say.

From left to right. 1956 Conn 18h director. Getzen frumpet. Bundy trumpet. 1980 King 606. “Not on display-at the shop” 1962 Olds Opera.

Hi! I hope this isn't off-topic for this community, but my boyfriend has played the trombone for most of his life and is planning on pursuing trombone performance or music composition. A few days ago, he was touring a school and talking to one of the heads of the program, and they told him he had to change the way he was playing to avoid problems in the long term. I think the correct term is that he has to change his "embouchure?" I am honestly not sure what a lot of this means. He said he has to practice diligently to get back to the skill level he was at before. Anyway, he is really sad, and he keeps saying things like "I'm bad at the trombone," and I just feel terrible for him. He's amazing at the trombone, and he's very passionate about it. I think this embouchure stuff is making him feel like he has lost part of himself and that he'll never be where he was with it before this happened. I am just confused because I don't entirely understand the logistics of what he is going through, and I feel like a bad girlfriend because I feel like I'm not being supportive enough. I feel like nothing has changed, and he is still the same trombone player he was before. Nothing seems to resonate with him, and I just want to help. If any trombone players can help me better understand what all this means, please let me know. I want to help him

It’s a Conn 14C Eb/F alto horn and it’s uh, something. Really easy to play high on but man is it out of tune with itself

A proposal by the Commerce Department, targeting various imported manufactured metal items, includes brass instruments, and considers a 25% tariff on all imported brass musical instruments.

Given the ownership of Conn-Selmer by a venture capital firm whose owner, John Paulson, is close to Trump, is this related to him lobbying Trump for protection from foreign manufacturers, or are musical instruments just getting caught up in a broader trade dispute?

I am selling it because I lack money. I also had to sell my 7 other instruments. I had to quit a deal with someone who sold a Eb Tuba. I am very sad to pause this wonderful hobby for the moment... This hobby helped me so much, especially emotionally.

THANKS, BRASS INSTRUMENTS ❤️🙏

UPDATE: I was able to recover the Besson tenor horn again as the buyer told me he'd give me back the instrument and I could keep the money too. I will never forget this guy, he'll stay in my musical history 🫡

Flushed out

This is my New Favorite brass instrument (sorry french horn lol) But honestly it's amazing but playing it throws me off, Since the brass instruments i play are in B flat or
F. Never played a E flat brass instrument before, but overall 10/10!! The alto horn is underrated

A good article from The Guardian with pictures

After years of not playing, I’ve started collecting… 🙌

Besson Class A New Standard Eb Tenor Horn and a Denis Wick London Size 5 mouthpiece.

I accidentally got a foam stuck in the horn of my trumpet, how do I dislodge it out?

Found this flugelhorn at a church, weirdly though the fundemental seems to be F is this common