Brass Instrument collections and Museums
Early Horns
Societys
Other

-A Brief History of (French) Horn Evolution @ hornplanet.com
Origins, Crooks, Valves, Doubles, Tuben

-What´s a french horn? @ French horn resource page
"A little history and background about the french horn"

-Valved horns/natural horns @ IHS home page
An online article by John Q Ericson

-Natural horn @ Auburn university horn studio
Brief introduction by William R Schaffer

-History of the Viennese horn@ Hans Pizka horn page
"Viennese Horn, history, function, advantage" by Hans Pizka

-Horns, French Horns, Alto Horns, etc etc - explained! @ hornplayer.net
History of the marching horn tradition

-The History of Horn Playing in Los Angeles @ Los Angeles Horn Club
"A multimedia experience by Dr. Howard Hilliard"

Brass Instrument History Quiz @ Musicforbrass.com

A brief history of brass instruments @ University of North Carolina at Asheville

Brass Instrument Collections and Museums:

-Schloss Kremsegg Castle Brass Instrument Collection @ Hans Pizka Horn Page

-Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments

-Dick Martz's Collection of Strange and Wonderful Horns @ Dick´s horn stuff

-Wanhat Wasket Exhibition
"Wanhat Wasket-Exhibition is unique in europe. It is the only one that operates under private ownership and travels."

-The brass players´ museum
Antique Brass Musical Instruments, Springfield MA

-Phil's "Old and Odd" Brass Instrument Gallery! @ Phil´s Rugs-n-Relics
A brass instrument collection by Phil Holcomb.

-Early Wind Instruments - Instruments á Vent Anciens
A great home page with lot of images of old instruments, locations of instrument museums all over the world,
serial numbers for Conns and Holtons etc. It may take a while to get used to the page design though...

Early Horns

-Early horn pictures @ Hans Pizka Horn Page

-The Gansboeck brothers in Munich @ Hans Pizka Horn Page

-Olifants @ Hans Pizka Horn Page

-Prehistoric Music Ireland
Bronze Age Horns of Ireland, Scotland and England

Societys

-Historic Brass Society
The Historic Brass Society is an international music organization concerned with the entire range of early  brass music,
from Ancient Antiquity and the Biblical period through to the 20th century.

Other

-A brief history of Conn company @ Home page of Dr. Margaret Downie Banks

-A Bibliography of Writings About  Historic Brass Instruments, 1988-96 @ Indiana University William and Gayle Cook Music Library Home Page,  Compiled by David Lasocki, Indiana University

-Early brass links
Sponsored by the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble
 

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