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WEBVTT ED: THEY CALL ON ONE PARTICULAR LOCAL COMPANY WHEN THEY WNT TO PLAY SOME OF THE WORLD BEST BRASS INSTRUMENTS. MARIA: THEY HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO TO THEIR OWN HORN -- TOOT THEIR OWN HORN.

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 ...

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...

Trent Austin holds a custom-made trumpet at Austin Custom Brass, just off Front Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Austin's inventory runs the gamut from high-end, bespoke trumpets to entry-level horns.

DAYTONA BEACH — Bill Birthrong played saxophone in school bands as a young man, but admits that “I never got good it.” “My interest was more in how things work, taking things apart and putting them ...