Brass
12 instruments
Trumpet
Used as signaling devices since ancient Egypt. The modern valve trumpet was developed arou...
Trombone
The only brass instrument that uses a slide instead of valves. Seven slide positions creat...
French Horn
Over 20 feet of tubing coiled into a compact shape. The most difficult brass instrument to...
Tuba
The largest and lowest brass instrument. Over 18 feet of tubing. The sousaphone is a tuba ...
Cornet
Similar to trumpet but with a conical bore. Produces a warmer, mellower tone. Bix Beiderbe...
Euphonium
The tenor member of the tuba family. A conical bore brass instrument. Known as the cello o...
Alphorn
A wooden horn up to 12 feet long. Made from two halves of spruce bound together. The natur...
Sousaphone
Designed by John Philip Sousa for marching bands. Wraps around the body with the bell poin...
Flugelhorn
A wider-bored trumpet with a conical tube. Produces a warmer and more mellow tone than tru...
Mellophone
The marching band equivalent of the French horn. Three valves with the bell pointing forwa...
Ophicleide
The immediate predecessor of the tuba. A keyed brass instrument in the bass range. Nine ke...
Wagner Tuba
Designed by Richard Wagner for his Ring Cycle. A hybrid between horn and tuba. Played by h...