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When the Air goes Round and Round

When the Air goes Round and Round

Today there are, in the main, just two brass  instruments in which the air goes round in circles, the French horn and the Sousaphone although others, such as cornets have, in the past, been made in this way. A little earlier,  the cor de chasse (horn of the chase) or...
Why is iconography relevant?

Why is iconography relevant?

The term iconography refers to all manner of illustrations and we rely on these to fill in information about instruments when the physical remains are either lacking or fragmentary. Iconography appears in all sorts of forms, as reliefs, as paintings, on coins and even...