Full Description
Catering for trumpet, trombone, tuba, horn and cornet players, the Brass Instrument Manual presents a unique step-by-step guide with detailed illustrations showing how to maintain and repair your instrument like a professional technician. This manual also explains how your instrument works - what the valves do and what happens to the air - as well as the effects of different components on sound, tone and playing style. This valuable guide to caring for and understanding your brass instrument is completed by image galleries of iconic instruments past and present, along with the players associated with them.
Contents
Detailed illustrations showing construction, maintenance and repair. The fundamentals: what the valves do; what happens to the air; ranges of brass instruments. Design and manufacture: the effects of different materials, bore sizes and mouthpieces. Illustrated list of specialist tools. Slides, piston and rotary valves, spouts, bells, soft and hard soldering, polishing, lacquering and plating. Variations within the brass family: from country to country, from orchestral to jazz. What makes a brass player? The psychology behind the music. Iconic instruments: images of the most collectable instruments, famous players and significant design features. Modern innovations: how technology and customer expectations have changed brass instruments.
