Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:21 am
Benade's "Horns, Strings, and Harmony" would be a good start.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:30 am
I've seen a practical brass construction book (proportions, techniques, measurements, etc.) but it's all in German. If you're interested, I'll see if I can dig it up.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:10 am
You must be talking about Metallblasinstrumentenbau. Yeah its in German but it is mostly real nice technical drawings. I have a copy that I pull out when I need a little help working out a custom linkage design. It can be usefull if you already have some machiening abillity as it gives simple visual clues how one goes about making parts such as braces and valves. I have included a few images from the book.Chuck(G) wrote:I've seen a practical brass construction book (proportions, techniques, measurements, etc.) but it's all in German. If you're interested, I'll see if I can dig it up.
Where you can get a copy today, is anyones guess.
Daniel C. Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:13 am
That's the one, Dan.
I suspect that there are other books on construction for the German brass makers, but I have no idea where or how you'd get your hands on them.
From a historical standpoint, there's a rather expensive (for its size) book on Baroque trumpet construction by Robert Barclay, published by Oxford University Press. You won't find a word about valves in there, but I found it interesting from the standpoint of "How do you make a trumpet from a tree, a rock and a cow?"
I suspect that there are other books on construction for the German brass makers, but I have no idea where or how you'd get your hands on them.
From a historical standpoint, there's a rather expensive (for its size) book on Baroque trumpet construction by Robert Barclay, published by Oxford University Press. You won't find a word about valves in there, but I found it interesting from the standpoint of "How do you make a trumpet from a tree, a rock and a cow?"
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:47 am
There is an other book in german:
Bahnert,Herzberg,Schrammm:
Metallblasinstrumente
Florian Noetzel Verlag
"Heinrichshofen-Bücher" Wilhelmshaven
ISBN 3-7959-0466-8
Bahnert,Herzberg,Schrammm:
Metallblasinstrumente
Florian Noetzel Verlag
"Heinrichshofen-Bücher" Wilhelmshaven
ISBN 3-7959-0466-8
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:58 am
The Conn Corporation did tons of R&D on instrument design in the 20's and 30's. Unbelievably, they published it.
I used to have one 30-40 page booklet, a long time ago, on the acoustics of instrument making. It was not as technical as some of the acousitcs books I've seen and all of the information was applicable toward instuments.
I'm sureI don't have it anymore but someone may have access to a couple.
I used to have one 30-40 page booklet, a long time ago, on the acoustics of instrument making. It was not as technical as some of the acousitcs books I've seen and all of the information was applicable toward instuments.
I'm sureI don't have it anymore but someone may have access to a couple.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:50 am
Several copies of a book with this title are available from:Daniel C. Oberloh wrote:..... You must be talking about Metallblasinstrumentenbau....
http://www.abebooks.com
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:38 pm
Chris,
If you're interested in this, perhaps you should make it down to my shop.
I'd be happy to show you or anyone what we do and how things go together here.
Sam
If you're interested in this, perhaps you should make it down to my shop.
I'd be happy to show you or anyone what we do and how things go together here.
Sam
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:33 pm
Sam Gnagey wrote:Chris,
If you're interested in this, perhaps you should make it down to my shop.
I'd be happy to show you or anyone what we do and how things go together here.
Sam
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:07 pm
Chuck, 
I see that you're at it again with that damn spy camera of yours.
I see that you're at it again with that damn spy camera of yours.