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Shortly after World War II ended and brass instrument manufacturing restrictions were lifted, Chicago Musical Instruments purchased F.E. Olds & Son. One of CMI's initial operating decisions was to begin producing a full line of background and low brass instruments in addition to the trumpet, cornet and trombone models that Olds was already ...
C. G. Conn Ltd., Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, is a former American manufacturer of musical instruments incorporated in 1915. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conn, a major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA.
The clavichord is an example of a period instrument. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".
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While the same woods are generally used, each instrument is to some degree individual in sound from its birth, and gains more individuality as it is played. In the 1960s, Lyon & Healy introduced a smaller lever harp, the Troubadour, a 36-string harp marketed to beginners with rent-to-buy options and group classes. This harp stands 65.5 inches ...
Meinl-Weston, a family and employee owned Low Brass manufacturer has produced tenor brass since 1810 in Bohemia and Germany. Miraphone, a German manufacturer of tenor and low brass instruments. Sterling Instruments, a British manufacturer of tenor brass. Taishan, a Chinese manufacturer of brass instruments (Shan Dong Taishan).
Boosey & Hawkes' musical instruments division was gradually scaled down from the mid-1970s as it became less viable to have such an extensive range of products. Various lines were outsourced and sold off. By the time of the closure of the Edgware factory in 2001, brass instruments were the only thriving part of the instrument range.
The Vincent Bach Corporation is a US manufacturer of brass instruments that began early in the early Twentieth Century and still exists as a subsidiary of Conn-Selmer, a division of Steinway Musical Instruments. The company was founded in 1918 by Austrian-born trumpeter Vinzenz Schrottenbach (Vincent Bach).