If you are a musician and use brass instruments you are to buy used brass instruments. Here you can see a lot of various kinds of these musical instruments.

The name “brass” historically derives from the material which was applied in making these musical instruments. But nowadays copper and silver can be also applied in their making. Centuries ago people produced the similar musical instruments applying basically wood because many people couldn't produce it of metal. Contemporary brass instruments consist of French horn, tuba, cornet, trombone, trumpet and flugelhorn.

Ancient people created a technique of playing horns and shells from the first steps of civilization. Later instruments that were similar to horns were produced when people started the production of instruments of metal. Usually such instruments were applied during a war, hunting or had some divine destinations.

Hunting horns, military horns and postal clarions were the ancestors of modern brass instruments. Those instruments didn't have any gear and gave only some sounds of natural scale. Different timbres of sounds were played only with the help of lips of a player. Fanfares and other military and hunting signals appeared factually at those times. The natural scale was the foundation of these sounds and people began to use them in musical art.

With the developing of metal working process and the production instruments of brass it became possible to create tubes of different dimensions and finishing. Also people invented the name of natural instruments. It happened due to the development of brass instruments and the betterment of different natural scales producing. They were musical instruments without valve mechanism and could produce only natural scale. Brotherhoods of trumpeters appeared at those times. There were 2 types of them: marching pipers and chamber trumpeters that performed difficult parts in hard high register.

At the beginning of the XIX century was created valve mechanism. It definitely changed the technique of performance and increased the possibility of brass instruments. An extra crown was included in the basic tube, it increased the dimension of a musical instrument and lowered its pitch.

In symphony orchestras brass instruments are in the main parts and in wind ensembles they are the fundamental ones. Today you may find a lot of solo literature for natural and valve instruments. Chamber ensembles sometimes use French horns and other kinds of brass instruments but these are rear happenings. We propose you used French horns. Trumpets and trombones are also widely used in jazz.

We suggest you a broad variety of brass instruments. You will be pleased to see a broad variety of instruments in our online store. You can also buy a cornet in our online shop.

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