Customer Review: I grew up playing the trombone from 5th grade through my freshman year of college. By the end of high school I was playing in the orchestra, the symphony band, marching band, wind ensemble, and dance band. What a lot of fun! Many of my friends were fellow musicians and I enjoyed becoming familiar... more info
Customer Review: I have 25 years' experience in buying and selling antique wood and brasswinds, so this book was of very great interest. It claims to be a buyers'/collectors' guide but fails miserably. It gives lists of original prices for 19th century brasswinds by only TEN makers without consistent indication of... more info
Customer Review: Every field has its classic work, and this is it for brass instruments. Not definitive, because nothing could be, but the linch-pin of the library as far as brasswind instruments go.
Customer Review: The book is awesome, price and delivery were almost flawless accept for the missing CD. Online Amazon advertised the book with CD included, no CD was included in package. So please list accurately in the future...
Customer Review: On one level this is disappointing compared with, say, the Oxford companions to various subjects, being a series of detailed essays that leave large gaps between them. But taken along with Baines's classic, it documents a lot of significant stuff, notably the role of brasswinds in avant garde music.... more info
Customer Review: This is an excellent, one-of-a-kind reference to American brass instruments. It is packed with great background information, including pictures to show the different styles of instrument from each manufacture. I highly recommend it.
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