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Miscellanea

Information about bands -- Services for bands -- Photography -- Products -- Personal pages -- Other

    Information about bands

• Brass Band Humour
• The Harrys Internet Brass Awards - 1998/1999/2000 award winners + 2001 nominations.
• The Brass Band Portal
• The Brass Crest - Focusing on the Salvation Army brass band tradition
• Brassbands.org - research into the current role of the brass band movement in the culture of Britain
• Le Br@ss - Swiss brass bands etc.
• Brassedoff.net - information about brass bands in and around Sheffield
• 2inabar - directory of bands and services
• Band Family Tree - where musicians are able to record their playing history, experiences and details
• Music in the Salvation Army
• Salvoaudio - the music and sounds of the Salvation Army

    Services, advice and policies for bands    

• See also Internet services for other sites
• Brass Bands Events Diary
• Advertise your Brass Band Vacancies
• Advertise your Latest Recordings
• Have your own mini web page
• Advice on setting up a brass band web site
  
  
• Besson Band-Aid - free service - expert advice from Robert and Nicholas Childs on all aspects of banding: repertoire, programming, instrument selection, concert promotion, fund raising and more. Phone 01923 659550 or email band-aid@boosey.com 
• BidDC.com - world's first online drum corps and marching bands auction site
• Blue Orange Design - a Design and Marketing Studio offering great services from CD covers to large format posters all at very competetive prices. Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Brass Bands Events Diary - listing concerts, contests and festivals - submit your own events
• Brass Band Concert Tickets - non-profit site selling concert tickets
• Brass Forum articles
• Brassnet - community and services for brass players
• Classified Ads - brass band instruments that are for sale, or that people want to buy
• The Compère's Handbook - a book containing tips on the art and loads of jokes
• Composing and Arranging for Brass Band - by James McFadyen
• Copyright FAQ - questions and answers about copyright, particularly that of music
• Deputies Database - list of players who are willing to deputise with other bands
• Eighth Note - a graphic design service for bands and soloists, specialising in websites at prices that musicians can afford. We provide design and hosting services, and can also help out with logos, CD sleeves, stand banners etc.
• Evanstage - production, concert, transport management - percussion hire and band transport specialists. Tel: 01663 262 149
• Finda-Bandsman - central location for brass bands to advertise positions and also for players to advertise their availability
• 5 tips on how to be a good bandsman
• House of Horn Musical Services - musical direction and player supply
• How to Write for Brass Bands
• Joinin - a web database for clubs and societies - where you can record and maintain news, membership, event and accounts information.
• Just Brass - An online resource for the world of brass music featuring: virtual ecommerce; directory; website addressing; email addressing; advertising and marketing
• Kent Designs - Choose your tickets or posters from our quick and easy website for your concert, party or other event
• Learn to Play in a Brass Band - Bands offering to teach beginners
• Licensing Act 2003 - How it Will Affect Brass Bands and Other Musical Groups
• Marching Solutions Inc. - assisting band directors across the USA with marching and music design needs
• MusicianVacancy.com - Military and brass band vacancies
• Musicians-in-your-city - Find other musicians in your area and worldwide
• News from the World of Brass Bands - a place where you can post news items about your band
• Notable Images - themed photographs of musical instruments in interesting and creative visual compositions
• Policy for Child Protection and Safeguarding Tutors in Brass Bands
• Producing your own recordings - some guidance
• SchoolBand - help and advice for teachers wanting to start their own orchestra or band
• Situations Vacant - list of positions in brass bands
• Situations Wanted - list of players seeking positions in brass bands
• Tips on creating a band website - from Nigel Horne
• Tips on hiring a brass band
• Totally Insured Group (TIG), Brass bands can now raise funds through insurance. TIG is offering to split its commission with bands. Run entirely by brass band players, TIG is dedicated to raising thousands of pounds for bands and musical groups, in addition to their extensive work with charities around the UK.
• 21st Century Brass - free service which promotes brass bands nationally and worldwide
• You Name It - international name registry for brass bands and brass ensembles

    Photography

• Brassbandphotos.com - Wakefield. Professional brass band photography at realistic prices. Part of the Marlin Images Company
• Ian Clowes - as seen on 4barsrest.com
• James Britcliffe - brass band photos - North West England and North Wales
• Marlin Images Photography - brass bands and weddings photography a speciality
• Simon Dorn Photography - Band photography all over the UK for concerts, competitions, individual band players and band events photography. Howes Drive, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, MK43 0FG. Tel: 07780 668256
• Stro Foto - we have worked for the British Bandsman and 4barsrest, and covered the ITA trombone festival. We cover any musical event
• Studio Tristan Photography - professional photographer of brass bands, weddings and media events, Philip Chisholm, 12 Stirling Road, Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 2JU, Tel: 01642 485322, Fax: 01642 489686  
• Tony Carter - Brass Band World photographer, Tel: 01625-431888
• Umbrella Photography - specialising in photography at brass band contests

    Products, Promotional items etc.

• See also Uniforms etc. for various other products
  
  
• AaSk4Signs of England - the friendly & helpful online sticker-stop
• BandNerd.com - T-shirts, mugs and more with an irreverant twist for the band nerd in all of us
• Bold as Brass 2003 Calendar (Wodondga Brass)
• Brooks Art - Life-size wire models of instrument players
• Cerdd Gifts - suppliers of music giftware - 26 Nine Mile Point Road, Brynawel, Crosskeys, NP11 7QP. Tel: 01495-273100
• Crafty Ideas - Personalised gifts for brass bands: raise funds for your band by selling any of the following items with a photograph of your members on - coasters (£3), placemats (£7), mousemats (£7), towels (£7), aprons (£8), shopper bag (£8) or even a jigsaw (£7)! All items can be ordered individually Contact Penny or Gill for details or a brochure: 2 Lyndhurst Close, Woodmancote, Cheltenham GL52 9SQ. Tel: 01242 674325,   
• Foul Play - (The Cunning Brass Band Card Game) - Send cheque for £5.95 (sterling) payable to "Dastardly Dealings", to Foul Play, 4 Blewitt Court, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4PB
• Ellistrations, - unique musical hats, shirts, bags and a variety of other gifts - 3836 Walhampton Dr., Lexington, KY, USA
• The Glass Ensemble, - high quality glass musician figurines
• Grimethorpe.com - a managed e-commerce site for brass band products
• I Love My.nl - make your custom t-shirts! What do you love?
• Instrumental Furniture Interesting items with musical themes (not much brass) from the reasonably cheap to the very expensive!
  
• Jagrins Christmas Essentials - Brass Band Addicts Christmas Cards and Calendar - Jagrins Music Publications, 180 Edgeley Road, Stockport, SK3 0TS, Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 161 718 6420  
• Just Brass - An online resource for the world of brass music featuring: virtual ecommerce; directory; website addressing; email addressing; advertising and marketing
• Leweb - Personalised, Hand Finished Treble Clef Wall Hangings
• Madcat Designs - provide everything you need to make your fund raising event go with a bang - tickets, posters, programmes and more
• The Mouthpiece, English à la Carte Restaurant with a Brass Band Theme, 1 Lees Buildings, Halifax Road, Hipperholme, Halifax, HX3 8EW - Tel: 01422-202973
• Musette - Music Miniature Jewelry
• Music Scale Cards - a fun and unique way to practice your musical scales, and they are also a regular deck of cards!
• Musicalitee - Musicians Fun n Funky Designer T Shirts, Polos, Sweatshirts with Neon Graphics, Personalised
• MusicGiftware.com - a varied selection of giftware all with a musical theme. 26 Nine Mile Point Road, Brynawel, Crosskeys NP11 7QP. Tel/Fax: 01495 273100
• TheMusicStand.com - music theme gifts
• Musical Shirts and Gifts
• Musician's bow ties!
• Nezzy Cartoons - brass band cartoons and "musical mutant" figures
• Noteliner - Reusable labels for correcting notes on scores and sheet music parts
• Promotional Merchandise
• Stewart Norman Associates Manufacturing Ltd. - awards and promotional items for brass bands, the salvation army and other organisations
• T-Brass - T-Shirts, polo-shirts, etc, for brass players
• Turn-A-Round Ceramics - Commemorative bone china beakers for bands and other organisations - Frank Dewett, Lodge Farm, Vicarage Lane, Dunchurch, Rugby, CV22 6QR. Tel: 01788 521140
• Victor Meyer's glass music sculptures
• The Wooden Brass Band - carved by Kevin Gilders, Creator of Useless Wooden Objects

    Personal pages

• See also People for individuals' sites and contact details
  
  
• Bob Barker Brass Band Chat Page
• The Brass Band Era - "Brass Band Photos Of Questionable Interest"
• Brass Bands - The Greatest Thing On The Planet
• Brian's Boring Brass Band Bits
• Brothel Brass
• Mad on Brass
• Patrick Simons' music page
• NYBB Wales Course at Bangor, 1991 - a personal view
• Sparklyland

    Other.....

• Yorkshire Musical Saw Player
• The Curry Crew - a team of curry lovers with curry information, from Pennine Brass
• Factors Influencing Beginning & Ongoing Wind Players
• The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - entry on Brass Bands (+ discussion forum)
• In The Red - A Brass Band Musical - Performed by the Williams Fairey Band
• SETI Brass Band Group - Brass band people helping in the "Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence"
• Song of the Sackbuts (poem)
  
• Yorkshire Musical Saw Player

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Instrument Suppliers

Brass/general -- Percussion

See below for instrument repairs and second-hand instruments.


• See also Instruments for sites about particular instruments
  
  
• ABC Music - musical instrument rentals and sales - 192 Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5JG. tel: 01423 817700
• Alan Gregory Music and Musical Instruments - 196 Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6PB, Tel: 0161 224 8915
• All Trombones, aims to supply recordings, accessories and sheet music for Trombone players.
• Amati Brass Instruments
• Amrein
• Antoine Courtois (Paris)
• Arbiter Group, (Leblanc and Holton instruments), Wilberforce Road, London NW9 6AX - Tel: 020-8202-1199, Fax: 020-8202-7076
• Association of Band Traders
• Aukland Band Instrument Company (New Zealand)
• B&S Challenger Trumpets
• B&S Tubas
• Band Supplies, 7 Hunslet Road, Leeds, LS10 1JQ - Tel: 0113-245-3097 and 5 Old Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G3 8QY - Tel: 0141-339-9400
• The Bandstand - Brass instrument sales and accessories - Graham Smith - Tel: 01223 263171, 07725 133098  
• Banks Music, 18 Lendal, York, YO1 2AU - Tel: 01904-658836, Fax: 01904-629547   
• Baumann - handmade brass instruments
• Besson
• Bill Lewington Ltd., 144 Shaftesbury Road, London, WC2H 8HL - Tel: 020-7240-0584
• Blackburn Trumpets - Tennessee
• Blechblas-instrumentenbau Egger
• Bonners Music Superstore - UK's largest independent musical instrument shop offering an extensive range of brands and instruments
• Boosey & Hawkes plc, Number 1, Blackmoor Lane, Croxley Business Park, Watford, Herts, WD18 8GA - Tel: 01923-659700
• Brass & Woodwind Specialists Ltd, - New Zealand
• Brass 'n' woodwind, - Sales, Rentals, Repairs and Restorations of all Brass and Woodwind instruments - Australia
• Brass Business - online music instrument supplier for instruments retailers and consumers
• Brass Music Specialists, - Graceville, Queensland, Australia
• Brass Review - Reviews of brass Instruments - thanks to our users, we have the most complete brass instrument technical databases on the internet today
• Brass Sound Creation, trumpets designed by Tomomi Kato, Luxembourg
• Brass Specialisten, Wallingatan 35, 111 24 Stockholm, Sweden
• Brass on Ivory Music, 117B Mayo Rd. Edgewater, MD 21037, USA. Repairs and maintenance done on all instruments, lessons from beginning thru advanced, instruments for sale: used to brand new, accessories: all musicians need strings, oil, greese, tuners, gifts, books
• Thebrassplayer.com - Australia's on-line musical instrument store
• BrassWerks - Ken Larson's BrassWerks Custom Trumpets, leadpipes, slides and more - home of the GFT Series trumpets
• The BrassWind
• BrassZone.com - Joel Bristor Music - fine vintage and contemporary brass instruments
• Broadland Music Ltd - 55 London Street, Norwich, NR2 1HL, Tel: 01603 660827
• Buffet Crampon - Paris - Owners of Courtois and Besson Instruments
• Calicchio Trumpets - California
• Callet Trumpets
• Chicago Brass Works - custom made trumpets for the professional musician
• County Music Supplies - The Old Stables, High Street, Ironbridge, Shropshire TF8 7AD. Tel/Fax: 01952 433158
• Creative Music Products - New Zealand. Supplying brass aids and enhancers, gig bags, mouthpieces, mutes, stands and accessories, care products
• da Kaapo - South African branded musical instruments
• Dawkes Music: The Woodwind and Brass Warehouse - Reform Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8BT, Tel: 01628-630800, Fax: 01628-777466
• Dean Pelling Woodwind & Brass- Sales & repairs - 27 Station Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1RG, Tel: 01424 215570
• DEG Music Products Inc. - distributor and manufacturer of band, orchestral, percussion instruments (brand names Dynasty, Schafer, Weril, and Willson)
• Dennis Todd Music 86 Front Street, Bedlington, Northumbria - Tel: 01670-822085, Fax: 01670-820592
• Dillon Music - 325 Fulton Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095, USA, Tel: +1 732 634 3399
• Discount Brass Gear - Find cheap Brass bargains in the USA. The biggest brands at the lowest prices
• DJM Music - Nationwide mail order suppliers of new and used musical instruments for sale and hire. Student and school specialists. Professional and friendly advice for beginners and more advanced players. www.djmmusic.com Fast Online Store, UK delivery. - Unit 2 Archers Park, Branbridges Road, East Peckham, Kent. TN12 5HP. Tel: 0845 458 4581
• Dominic's Music - Trade and repair of band instruments - Brookline, MA, USA
• Don Mackrills Music Stop - Musical instrument retail and repair - 3-5 Station Road, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7JE, Tel: 020 8952 5813, Fax: 020 8951 5248
• Early Music Shop - brass instrument retail and repair - 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford, BD1 3EA, Tel: 01274 721894
• Ebay - the online person to person auction house, often has new musical instruments on offer
• Eclipse Trumpets
• Edwards Instruments - professional trombones and trumpets - Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 53121, USA
• E.M. Winston
• Ewald Meinl Musikinstrumentenbau GmbH - reproduction historical brass instruments
• Exbrass Gmbh - Brass instruments manufacturing
• Finke
• First Class Brass Ltd- brass instruments manufacturing, repair and customisation - Unit 2, 55 St Peter's Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU4 9AT, Tel: 01582 671358  
• First Brass- instrument retailer - 14 Copymoor Close, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 6BL. Tel: 01604 677664, 07793 237939  
• Fred Rhodes, (Courtois instruments) The Doyen Centre, Vulcan Street, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 4LA - Tel: 0161-620-5899, Fax: 0161-620-3199
• Galileo Metallblasinstrumente
• Gebr. Alexander
• Geneva Trumpets - professional trumpets hand-built in England
• Geoffrey Enterprises - manufacturer and suppliers of brass band instruments, drums and uniform needs. Railway Rd, Sialkot, Pakistan. Fax No. +92 432 588910
• Gerry Birch Music Services - home of high quality brass instrument repairs and sales, Peter Gane mutes, Ceres gig bags - Unit 9, Bilting Farm Business Centre, Canterbury Road, Bilting, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HF. Tel: 01233 812411
• Gerry Lopez Music - GLM Trumpets - Made In The USA
• Getzen Company, Inc.
• Giardinelli
• Glyn Williams Musical Instruments
• Greenhoe Trombone Valves
• Greville Hodgson Musical Instruments - Oldbury, West Midlands
• Gronitz Tubas
• Guvnor - portal and price comparisons for over 80 music stores in the UK
• Haagston Professional Brass Instruments
• Hanson Music, Musical Instrument Design, Manufacturing, Distribution - The Old Coach House, Naomi Road, Newsome, Huddersfield, HD4 6NZ, Tel: +44 (0) 870 744 0015, Fax: +44 (0) 7801 818976   
• Hayes Music, brass and woodwind instrument sales and repair facility - Wickham, Hampshire
• Helios UK, exciting range of Brass Band instruments, cornet, trombone, euphonium, flugel
• Helmut VoigtMetallblasinstrumentenbau - Siedlerweg 21, 08258 Markneukirchen
• Hickeys Music Center, print music, instruments, etc. - 104 Adams Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850 USA
• Hirsbrunner
• Horns For Sale, New Brass and Woodwind Instruments for Band, Orchestra, and Solo use offered to Musicians Worldwide at affordable prices
• International Musical Suppliers, Inc.
• Jeffrey's Instruments - Colin Jeffrey, supplier and repairer of new & used musical instruments and accessories. 43 Hill Top Road, Grenoside, Sheffield, S35 8PE - Tel: 0114-2454223
• Jinyin Musical Instruments Group - a large musical instruments manufacturer in China. Tel: +86-10-8440-6083, Fax: +86-10-8440-5899
• John Hornby Skewes & Co. - Odyssey brass and woodwind instruments
• John N Bilham Musical Instruments - 4 Proctor Road, Sprowston, Norwich, NR6 7PE, Tel/Fax:- 01603 407936
• John Myatt Music Ltd, 57 Nightingale Road, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1RD - Tel: 01462-420057, Fax: 01462-435464
• John Packer - Brass Specialists, 141 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, TA2 6AF, Tel: 01823-282386, Fax: 01823-337653
• John Webb - Trumpet Maker, Padbrook, Chaddington Lane, Bincknoll, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 8QR, England, Tel: +44 (0) 1793 853171, Fax: +44 (0) 1793 848498   
• Josef Lidl Brass Instruments
• Josef Monke - handcrafted brass instruments
• Jupiter Instruments
• Jürgen VoigtMeisterwerkstatt für Metallblasinstrumentenbau
• Kalison, manufacturer of Tubas and Horns
• Kanstul Music
• Kanstul Musical Instruments, 1332 South Claudina Street, Anaheim, California 92805 - Tel: +1 714 563-1000, Fax: +1 714 563-1661
• KBB Music, - brass & woodwind suppliers - Aukland, New Zealand
• Knock on Wood Global Music Supplies, musical instruments from around the world, and more
• Kruspe
• Kühnl & Hoyer Brass Instruments
• Kühnl & Hoyer Brass Instruments (US)
• LA Horns
• Lark in the Morning - the world's largest selection of ethnic musical instruments
• Lätzsch Handmade Trumpets and Trombones
• Lawler Trombone Co. - Florida
• Leblanc Instruments
• London Musical Instruments Ltd - brass instruments manufacturer - Unit E, Lea Trading Estate, Ox Lane, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 4PS. Tel: 01582 769370
• Low Brass Werks - new and used low brass equipment and accessories
• LYRA-Musik Münster
• Maestro's, 52 Ebrington Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 9AF - Tel/Fax: 01752-263069  
• Marcinkiewicz Co.
• Max Trumpet Unlimited - Manufacturer of trumpets - New York
• McQueens Musical Instruments - sales, repairs, manufacture and renovations - 488 Bolton Road Pendlebury Manchester M27 8UR, Tel/Fax: 0161 794 3543
• Meinl-Weston
• Melton Blechblasinstrumente
• Michael Rath Brass Musical Instruments Tel: 01274-721894
• Michael Thomas International Music - Brass distributor - California
• Miraphone
• Monette - Trumpets and mouthpieces
• Mr Tuba - UK's only tuba specialist - new and used tuba sales and repairs, mouthpieces, stands, mutes gig bags etc. - 114 Springvale Industrial Estate, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 5BG, Tel: +44 (0) 1633 871506, Fax: +44 (0) 1633 872279
• Music Cellar - instruments and sheet music - 12 Fox Street, Preston, PR1 2AB, Tel: +44 (0)1772 251 407
• MusicDealerSearch.Com - Database of music instrument dealers
• The Music Directory - Suppliers of brass and band instruments
• The Music Group (Besson Instruments), Number 1, Blackmoor Lane, Croxley Business Park, Watford, Herts, WD18 8GA - Tel: 01923-659700
• Music Parts, Pollard Trumpets, Stomvi Trumpets, Mouthpieces etc.
• Music Parts (UK), 426 Worsley Road, Winton, Eccles, M30 8HQ - Tel: 0161-789-0836, Fax: 01942-889452  
• Music Trader
• Musical Dreams, South Wales based online music retailer specialising in Brass and Woodwind
• Musical Historical Contor
• Musical Instrument Megastore, New brass instruments at discounted prices - Proprietor, Andrew Holder, Tel: +44 (0) 1666-504297  
• Musical Instrument Supplies, official importers of Stomvi, Kuhnl and Hoyer instruments in the UK
• Musical Instruments Sales, Australia - supplying new and reconditioned Instruments at affordable prices
• Musical Student, online retailer of high quality, low cost trumpets, saxophones, clarinets and flutes
• Musical Warehouse, New & Second-hand Musical Instruments (East Sussex), Mail Order With A Personal Touch, Advertise Concerts, Instruments & Services FREE, Concerts, Repairers, Teachers, GCSE Help Page, Music Links, Joke Page.
• Musician's Gear Finder - a free service to find the cheapest quotes for musical instruments.
• Musicorp - hire and retail of musical instruments (Australia)
• Musicparts UK - specialist custom brass instrument manufacturer
• Musicways Ltd - musical instrument rental agency in New Zealand
• Music123.com - instruments and sheet music
• Musik Haag AG - handmade brass instruments
• MusiqTrader - classified adverts for musical instruments sales and wanted
• National Association of Music Merchandisers (USA)
• Naumann Trumpets
• Net Instruments - musical instrument classifieds - free ads, for sale and wanted
• Neville Brothers Musical Instruments - 74 Babington Lane, Derby, DE1 1SX, Tel: 01332 290762, Fax: 01332 290762  
• New York Trumpet Company Musical instruments store
• Normans Musical Instruments, Burton-on-Trent - Tel: 01283-535333, Cardiff - 01222-486486, Huddersfield - 01484-514961, Crewe - 01270-211641, Falkirk - 01324-611895, Darlington - 01325-333399, Winchester - 01962-715919   
• Note-Ability - suppliers of fine instruments, music sheets and accessories - 5 Premier Parade, Forest Hills Drive, Townhill Park, Southampton SO18 2GA. Tel: 023 8055 8024, Fax 023 8058 5398
• Timothy Oldroyd - band instrument specialist. 5 Cotswold Drive, Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2JS. Tel: 01287 280 002, Mobile: 07961 009 256  
• L'Olifant Paris - Paris, France. Dedicated to all brass and woodwind musicians looking for good second hands, branded instruments and accessories, skilled repairing services and much more...  
• Oswal Band Industries - Manufacturers of Musical Equipments and Instruments in North India
• Paxman Musical Instruments Unit B4, Linton House, 164 -180 Union Street, London SE1 0LH, Tel: 020-7620-2077, Fax: 020-7620-1688
• Percy Prior's Music Stores
• Phil Parker Ltd., 106A Crawford Street, London, W1H 1AL - Tel: 020-7486-8206, Fax: 020-7935-6686
• PJS Music Services, 57 High Street, Dodworth, S75 3RG, Tel: 01226-200102, Fax: 01226-200163
• Pro Brass, Professional Brass Services - instruments/accessories - 93 Dartmouth Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0DG, Tel: 01895-676202
• Prozone Music - Brass instruments and accessories, student brass and woodwind
• Punjab Music House - manufacturers/exporters of percussion, ethnic, harps, bagpipes, wind and brass instruments in Pakistan
• Raisonsbrassband - Indian manufacturer, exporter, dealer, wholesale supplier & wholesaler
• Rayburn Musical Instrument Co. Inc, Boston MA and New York
• Richard Smith Musical Instruments Ltd, Cornbrough, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6RU. 01347 879001
• Ricco Kühn brass instruments
• Rob Burnett Brass and Woodwind, 161 Crwys Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4NH, Tel: 029 2040 0660, Fax: 029 2037 3967
• Roland Clark - Musical Instrument Repairs & Sales - 101 Library Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 2BG. Tel: Tel. 01202 730723  
• Percy Prior's Music Stores, The Old House, 64 London End Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2JD - Tel: 01494-671717, Fax: 01494-676428
• Rosehill Instruments Ltd., The Old House, 64 London End Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2JD - Tel: 01494-671717, Fax: 01494-676428
• Russian Tubas and Trombones
• Sawday & Holmes Music Inc., Musical Instrument Sales, Rentals and Repairs - Southern California, USA
• Saxcity - South Wales - suppliers of brass band and other musical instruments. Incredible alto sax deals.
• Scandinavian Brass and Woodwind
• Schagerl Instruments - handcrafted brass instruments
• Scherzer Trumpets
• Schilke Music Products, Inc.
• Schmelzer Musikinstrumente - Trombone manufacturers
• Selmer Company Inc., P.O. Box 310, Elkhart, Indiana 46515-0310, U.S.A.
• S.E. Shires - Custom made trombones
• Sheehans Musical Instruments & Accessories - 50-52 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0QD. Tel: 0116 2557492
• SigNetMusic.com - We offer a large range of musical instruments - Brass, Woodwind and Strings - 63 Alston Drive, Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, MK13 9HB. Tel: 01908 321 794
• Singing Chicken - massive discounts on a huge range of musical instruments - 30A London Road, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8JL
• Size Music - Sales, hire, repairs - South Australia
• Smith-Watkins Brass
• SML Margaux - for all wind and brass instruments - Paris, France
• Sterling Musical Instruments - manufacturer of brass instruments - Bedfordshire. Tel: 01767 680 334
• Stomvi Trumpets
• Stomvi Trumpets (UK)
• StringsandHorns.com - strings, horns, and music resources for professional and student musicians, bands, and orchestras
• Taylor Trumpets & Flugel Horns
• Thein Brass Instruments
• Thein - the Brass Brothers
• Thomann Cyberstore
• Trevada Music, 9 Chapel Street, Camborne, TR14 8ER - Tel: 01209-714353, Fax: 01209-718708 (also 18 Wind Street, Ammanford, Camarthenshire)  
• Trevor Jones Brass & Woodwind Ltd - Bristol  
• Tristar Music - Trumpets, Trombones, Tubas - Try Tristar Music. Tristar Music offers a fast, friendly service, whether you want a Student Trumpet or a Professional Quality Trombone. We have trumpets, cornets, trombones (slide and valve), euphoniums, flugel horns, mellophones and tubas, as well as mouthpieces, mutes and cleaning kits.
• Trombone Forum, Specialising in new and used trombones - 13 Salisbury Road, Barnet, Herts, EN5 4JW. Tel: 020 8440 4322.   
• TubaMM, supplier of tubas
• Unison Music, woodwind and brass specialists. New and used instruments. Minor repairs to major overhauls. Renovation service. Refurbished instruments sold fully guaranteed. 54 Whincheap, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3RS. Tel: 01227 764580
• United Musical Instruments USA Inc., P.O. Box 727, Elkhart, IN 46515 - Tel: +1 219 295 0079, Fax: +1 219 295 8613
• The Valve, The Basement, 60-61 Warren Street, London, W1T 5NZ, Tel: 020 7388 3738, Fax: 020 7388 8638
• Van Cleave Professional Trumpets, Indiana, USA
• Vincent Bach International, Unit 71, Capitol Park Industrial Estate, Capitol Way, London, NW9 0EW - Tel: 020-8905-9505, Fax: 020-7905-9149
• Vintage Brasswind Reproductions, Bill Deiss, 109 Brushcreek Dr., Huntsville, AL 35824, Tel: +1 (256)461-8394
• Virtù - Band and orchestra instruments - California
• Virtuosi Brass Instruments
• Vogtländische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH
• Webb Brass Instruments, trumpets, horns, sackbutts, John Webb, Padbrook, Chaddington Lane, Bincknoll, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4 8QR. Tel: 01793-853171  
• Wedgwood Brass - manufacturer of quality professional trumpets and cornets
• Weril Instrumentos Musicais Ltda. - Brazil
• Weril Instruments - Australia
• West Riding Brass, purpose built cornets - Post Royds Mill, 20 Calder Road, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8PJ. Tel: 01484 431725  
• Wild Thing Cornets and Trumpets
• William Petit - sales of vintage brass instruments
• Willson Band Instruments - Switzerland
• The Wind Section - Brass and woodwind sales and repair - 7 York Place, Edinburgh. Tel: 0131 557 6543
• Windband - Specialists in woodwind, brass, folk & early instruments - 9 Greyfriars Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 7EN, Tel: + 44 (0) 1743 367482
• Windcraft Ltd. - Mail-order accessories, parts, materials - Riverside, Mill Lane, Taplow, Berks, SL6 0AA - Tel: 01628-778377, Fax: 01628-777466
• Windi - Norwegian brass and wind instruments retailer
• Wood Wind and Reed - 106 Russell Street, Cambridge, CB2 1HU, 01223 500442
• Woodbrass Music SA - music, CDs, instruments etc.
• Woodwind & Brass Ltd - 50 London Road, Cowplain, Hants, PO8 8EN. Tel: +44 2392 352227, Fax: 44 2392 357464
• The Woodwind and Brasswind - South Bend, Indiana,
• Woodwind and Brasswind Supplies
• World of Brass - 139 Mill Road, Cambridge, Tel/Fax: 01223 519283
• World Brass Music
• Wrights Music, 366 St. Georges Rd, Nth. Fitzroy. Vic. 3068 Australia
• Yamaha Music (UK) Ltd., Sherbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 8BL - Tel: 01908-366700, Fax: 01908-368872
• Zings Music, Maldon, Essex - instruments and percussion suppliers

    Percussion

• See also Instruments/Percussion for sites about percussion instruments
  
  
• Adams - The Netherlands
• Avedis Zildjian Company - (manufacturer)
• Bell Percussion Ltd - 6 Greenock Road, Acton, London, W3 8DU. Tel: 020 8896 1200
• Drum Workshop
• Evans Drumheads
• G.I. Percussion - percussion instrument hire and repair. 3 Norton Terrace, Stocksmoor, Huddersfield, HD4 6XJ. 07810 645018 (Graham Butcher), 07957 323803 (Ian Matthews)
• Grover Pro Percussion - USA
• Impact Percussion, 120-122 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3TX. Tel: 020-7403-5910    
• JAM Percussion Ltd - main stockist of Adams percussion, all major brands supplied. Queens Dock Business Centre, Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BG. Tel: 0151 709 9709
• Latin Percussion Music Group
• Ludwig - (manufacturer)
• Majestic Percussion - (Van der Glas BV)
• Nottingham Drum Centre, 22 Southwell Road, Nottingham NG1 1DL, Tel: +44 (0) 115-8414148  
• Percussion Plus Ltd., Ludlow Hill Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6HD - Tel: 01559-360450, Fax: 01559-452365
• Mike Balter Mallets
• Orchestral Percussion, Unit 8 BJ House, 10-14 Hollybush Gardens, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9QP. Tel/fax: 020 7739 8811. Specialist percussion workshop dedicated to percussion instrument servicing, repair and manufacturing used by all the UK's top orchestras.
• Paiste - Cymbals, Sounds and Gongs
• Pearl Percussion - USA
• Premier Percussion Ltd. - (manufacturer), Blaby Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, England, LE18 4DF, Tel: +44 (0) 116 277 3121, Fax: +44 (0) 116 277 6627
• Pro-Mark Drumsticks
• Professional Percussion, 205 Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2JU - Tel: 020-7485-4434, Fax: 020-7485-9745
• RB Percussion Inc. , - biomechanically superior drumsticks
• Remo Drums - USA
• Rhythm Tech Percussion Instruments
• Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. - Germany
• Sabian Cymbals - Canada
• Tama Percussion - USA
• Ufip Cymbals - Italy
• Vic Firth Drumsticks
• Yamaha Percussion

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General Musical Equipment & Accessories

Mouthpieces -- Mouth protection, embouchure, health, comfort -- Mutes & practice aids -- Music stands & seating -- Cases & bags -- Lubrication & cleaning -- Batons

• All Trumpets - supplier of accessories for Trumpet players
• Amadeus Peformance Equipment Ltd. - Great Beech Barn, Kane Hythe Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9QU, Tel: +44 (0)1424-775867. Portable stage platforms, music stands with and without lamps, personalised music folders, instrument storage racks, conductor podiums, posture chairs, stools, plus many other accessories
• Black Cat Music - supply a comprehensive range of music facility equipment: music stands, orchestra seating, instrument storage equipment, conductor's equipment, choral risers, music folders, and more
• Brass-Fix UK - brass accessories supply and instrument repairs
• Piedog.com - Musical Accessories at discount prices
• Prostar Music - Online Pro Audio & Lighting Supplier, Recording Equipment, Stage Lighting Effects, Music Software, Installation Service
• Trptstuff.com - Accessories & Unique Items For Brass Players

Mouthpieces

• Agmusic.com - Parduba Double-Cup, Rudy Muck and Zottola brass mouthpieces - Oakland, California
• Alaric Knight Mouthpiece Services 14, Kensington Avenue, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RU - Tel: 01226 - 765858
• Asymmetrics Mouthpieces - Range enhancing trumpet mouthpieces
• Benterfa wooden mouthpieces
• Bob Reeves Brass Mouthpieces - California
• Cleave Brass - Customised Mouthpieces & Musical Services
• Creations By Carol - Plastic mouthpieces - Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Tel: (613) 966-1530. Light-weight, easy to carry a spare, not cold on the lips, ideal when switching instruments, sanitary and low cost  
• Columbia Products International - manufacturers of brass high quality silver plated mouthpieces
• Curry Precision Mouthpieces - for all Brass Instruments - Reno, NV
• DF Music Enterprise - Largest selection of Denis Wick Mouthpieces & Mutes - Naperville, IL 60563
• Doug Elliott Mouthpieces
• Endsley Brass - Custom Mouthpieces & Trumpets
• FoKus Mouthpieces - trumpet mouthpieces with the right timbre for the genre
• Giddings and Webster Mouthpieces - a line of Stainless Steel tuba and trombone mouthpieces
• Giles Whittome Mouthpieces - Exotic mouthpieces (boxwood, ebony, african blackwood, mammoth ivory, asiatic buffalo horn). Tel: 01763 248708, Fax: 01763 243271  
• Gold Chops - mouthpiece supply + quality gold plating service exclusively for brass and woodwind players
• GR Mouthpieces - now available in the UK from Gyromusic
• Greg Black Mouthpieces
• Grimston Brass - Sales & Repairs - Supplier of JK Josef Klier Mouthpieces. Thomas Grimston, Shepherds Close Farm, Ingleby Greenhow, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6RQ, England. Tel: 0044 (0) 7866 01 39 83  
• Gyro Music - GR Cornet mouthpieces and other brass accessories
• Haefner Trumpet Mouthpieces
• Hammond Design - makers of Trumpet and Trombone mouthpieces. Promising a brass mouthpiece experience like no other
• Houser Custom Mouthpieces - featuring duplication, threading, and stainless steel plating
• Jaztec Mouthpieces
• Jeff Parke - Mouthpiece page
• Jet-Tone Mouthpieces
• Josef Klier Mouthpieces
• Kelly Mouthpieces - Polycarbonate & ABS and multicoloured mouthpieces
• Laskey Mouthpieces - Illinois
• Marcinkiewicz - Mouthpieces for all brass, and custom built trumpets.
• MMP Brasswind - Classic, jazz and symphonic trumpet mouthpieces. Manufacturer plus online shop.
• Mouthpiece Express (USA)
• Najoom Music Products - Cornet and trumpet mouthpieces
• Parke Mouthpiece Center - Brass Instrument Mouthpiece Research & Development
• PHC - Paxman-Halstead-Chidell - screw-rim mouthpieces
• Pickett Brass - Mouthpieces and trims
• Romera Brass - a family firm devoted to craft production of mouth-pieces, mutes and accessories for horns
• Sparx Music - cornet mouthpieces & mutes
• Stork Mouthpieces - Vermont
• Tottle Brass Mouthpieces
• The TrumpetPro - Haefner trumpet mouthpieces, developed by Steve Haefner and Gary Radtke
• TRU-VU Transparent Mouthpieces
• Tuba Mouthpiece Comparison Chart
• Warburton Music Products - mouthpieces
• Zaja Musical Products - Zaja Valve Oil, mouthpieces & accessories

Mouth protection, embouchure, health, comfort

• See also Music technique
• Alexander Technique - helps instrumentalists perform with less stress and likelihood of injury
• Braceguard - reusable orthodontic shield providing lip protection for musicians and brace patients.
• Brass Meets Dentistry - Embouchure and Posture
• Chopsaver - great lip balm from the us now being distributed both to trade and public via musicaldreams
• Embouchure for Brass Players
• Embouchures.com - a web site for brass players suffering with embouchure problems or lip injuries
• Ergobone - ergonomic trombone support system (via a harness or a monopode)
• Fitness for Brass - for sensible and ambitious brass players - shows you how to achieve a breakthrough in your embouchure (control, endurance and range).
• Getting An Ear Full - musician's ear plugs
• Handbrace for euphoniums - improves comfort and grip
• Hearing protection products
• Liemartech - Chop-Sticks: specialized exercise program for all wind instrumentalists, designed to strengthen the embouchure muscles, and Musician's Lip Butter: an all natural, low-wax formula designed for pros. Products, Accessories, and Studio Textbooks for Pros, Amateur Musicians, Instructors and Students.
• The Morgan Bumper - a C-shaped soft, pliable medical grade plastic which fits over braces to save lips and cheeks from discomfort.
• Musculature - its importance in the playing of brass instruments - dissertation by David Notley
• Music-Injury.com - addresses health concerns raised by both those who create and who appreciate music
• Musicians and Inuries
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Musik-Medizin
• Self Hypnosis For Musicians - A unique self-help CD program to unlock your true potential
• Sensorcom - hearing enhancement and protection business
• Ultrabreathe - exercise the muscles you use to breathe in - using a technique known as Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT)
• What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body
• Westone Laboratories, Inc. - hearing protectors for musicians
• Zaja Musical Products - Zaja Valve Oil, mouthpieces & accessories

Mutes and Practice Aids

• See also Music technique
• Aaiirr Power AcoustiCoils for Brass and Woodwind
• Applied Microphone Technology Inc. - Specific microphones for brass instruments
• Brassshop - RHP (Right Hand Position) and NPS (No Pressing System)
• Bremner Music - home of the sssshhhhhhMute Practice Mute
• The BERP - Buzz Extension and Resistance Piece (practice aid)
• Bob's Handcrafted Mute Racks
• Brass Bits - trumpet mutes, cornet mutes, and other brass musical instrument accessories
• Chicago Mutes
• Clip-On Microphones for brass instruments
• Dembro hand-made mutes
• e-Brass Silent Mutes
• Engemann Mutes, - Handmade wooden concert mutes.
• Free Online Metronome
• Glenfarg Collection Fibre Mutes - North Winds
• Ion Balu Mutes and Stands, - Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone and Tuba mutes
• Jo-Ral Mutes
• Mike McLean Mutes, - unique in design, revolutionary in construction, and just about the best mutes you'll ever play
• Millennium Mutes - Hand Made Low Brass Mutes - 18 George Street, St.Albans, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3082, Tel: +61 (0)3 9437 6562  
• NoteBandit Sound Reflector - Personal Monitor Made For Brass And Reed Players
• NPS - No Pressing System - accessory to control mouthpiece pressure during practice
• Peacemaker Practice Mute
• Peter Gane Mutes - (Gerry Birch Music Services)
• Shulman system - resonating-balance-stabilization device for brass instruments
• Sordino Enterprises - the Sshhhhmute for trumpet and cornet
• SoundBack acoustic monitors
• Sparx Music - cornet mutes & mouthpieces
• Trumcor - Hand-crafted mutes for brass instruments
• Tubassist - musical instrument support system solves problems of resting, controlling and protecting concert style tubas while they are being played
• TuneUp - CD-Based Intonation Training System
• Ultrabreathe - exercise the muscles you use to breathe in - using a technique known as Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT)
• Wallace Collection Mutes

Music Stands & Seating

• See also Music folders & cases
  
  
• Anderson Music Stand - a fine wooden music stand that is also portable!
• Black Cat Music - supply a comprehensive range of music facility equipment: music stands, orchestra seating, instrument storage equipment, conductor's equipment, choral risers, music folders, and more
• ConcertLight - a rechargeable music-stand light - Claremont, California
• Eidolon Designs - Music Stands
• Heirloom Music Stands
• JMK Enterprises - Musicians' Secure Concert Wind-Folder (wind protection) - Tel/fax: 020-8764-6626
• Lark in the Morning Music Stands
• Manhasset Specialty Company
• Mister Standman Music Stands
• Music Machine Instrument Stands
• Rat Music Stands
• Shaker Workshops Music Stands
• SoundSeat - chairs and seating for drummers and other musicians
• Tech-Mate Music Stands
• Tolman Music Stands
• Transylvania music stands

Instrument cases and bags

• Allegro Bags - fine leather bags for musical instruments. Currently selling only through Ebay. To find us, just go to Ebay and do a search for Allegro Bags.
• Altieri Instrument Bags - Denver, Colorado
• Bags - Cases And Covers For Instruments - Spain
• Bassbags - bags, cases and accessories, Tel: +44 (0)1332 840391, Fax: +44 (0)1332 843190
• Berkeley Cases of London - manufacturers of brass & woodwind cases since 1979
• Brass Bags - for trumpets
• Ceres Gig Bags - (Gerry Birch Music Services)
• Chops-Bag - mouthpiece bags - also for instrument supplies (oil, grease, small pencil, lip conditioner, mouthpiece brush)
• Coldstream Musical Instrument Cases - Handcrafted musical instrument cases
• Dolly Instrument Bags - Indiana
• Gard Bags - Wheelie / Trolley gig bags. Bags, Cases, Covers made from leather, cotton, polyester (cordura) fabric, especially for woodwinds, brasswinds, recorders, percussion, and all kinds of music instruments
• Gig Bags - Stylish Protection for your Musical Instruments - Royds Mill, 20 Calder Road, Lower Hopton, Mirfield, W.Yorks, WF14 8PJ. Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1484 431 725  
• Grrr Cases
• Hardcase - Musical instrument cases - for percussion, hardware, instruments, sound and lighting equipment
• Humes & Berg - Cases and other accessories - Clarendon House, 125 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 1AG. Tel: 020 8236 0383  
• Jakob Winter - instrument cases
• Musicover - covers, articles and accessories for musical instruments
• PRO TEC Cases and Bags
• Red Z Gig Bagz - bags and cases for brass and woodwind
• Reunion Blues Gig Bags
• Walt Johnson Cases - hand-crafted fiberglass cases for all instruments
• Wiseman Cases

Lubrication, cleaning, care and maintenance etc.

• BiNaK 495 - Valve, Slide, Key & Rotor Instrument Oil
• CoolNote Cryogenic Processing for Brass Instruments
• Horn Flush - Brass instrument cleaning system
• Instrument Maintenance - advice on the general care and maintenance of lacquered, silver plated and brass instruments
• Lightning Oil & Brass Repairs
• MusiChem Inc. - Accessories For Brass Instruments
• Non-Toxic Valve Oil from Wallace/Webb
• Pollard Valve Oil - for the fastest valves in the world
• Robo Cleaning Cloths - Manufacturers of imprinted impregnated (silver) polishing cloths (for silver, copper musical instruments) and imprinted micro fibre cloths (for lacquered instruments)
• Sá Rosas - Cork manufacturer and exporter - cork products for woodwinds and brass instruments
• Slide-O-Mix lubricants and sprays
• Spiffy Spit Rags - Condensation cloths with attitude!! Featuring bright colors and cool fabrics
• Tips and Tricks for Instrumentalists - selection of interesting technical and musical information
• Trumpet & Cornet Maintenance Video
• Ultra-Pure Professional Valve Oil
• Zaja Musical Products - scented valve oil, lubricants and accessories for brass instruments

Batons

• Artistry Batons - fine wooden conducting batons for professional conductors
• Hermele Batons
• Mollard Conducting Batons
• Newland Batons - custom made, handcrafted batons
• Premier Batons
• Takt Batons

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  Tour Organisers

• Barcelona Tours, run by former Brass Band conductor Alan Broadbent, Barcelona Tours can help organise a visiting bands itinerary, or simply assist the individual Brass Band visitor to fully enjoy Barcelona
• Brass Band Concert Tours, Keith Benn, 7 Chestnut Close, Scotter, Gainsborough, Lincs, DN21 3UW, Tel/Fax: 01724-762936, or David Jones, 7 Lightwood Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7BJ, Tel/Fax: 01298-74737
• Champion Brass - Phil Beck Promotions, UK bandtours and promotions - 44 Grove Road, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6JL, Tel/fax: 01457-872459.  
• Choral Online Tours
• Club Europe Concert Tours, Fairway House, 53 Dartmouth Road, London, SE23 3HN, Tel: 020-8699-7788, Fax: 020-8699-7770
• CMN (Contemporary Music Network) Tours, Music Department, Arts Council of England, 14 Great Peter Street, London, SW1P 3NQ, Tel: 020-7973-6504, Fax: 020-7973-6883
• Concert Europe Festival Incentive Tours, Nazju Falzon Street, Birkirkara, Malta - Tel: +356 49 16 10 Fax: +356 49 15 98
• Encore Tours, 343 Congress Street, Suite 3100, Boston, MA, USA. Creates performance tours that reflect your ensemble's unique spirit.
• Full Monty Tours, Tel: 01457-866060
• Gower Music International, 2 High Street, Studley, Warwickshire - Tel: 01527-854822, Fax: 01527-857236   
• GT Travel Ltd, provide travel arrangements for brass bands in the UK.
• Music on the Move, Saddleworth Business Centre, Huddersfield Road, Delph, Saddleworth, OL3 5DF. Tel: +44 (0) 1457 829 767, fax: +44 (0) 1457 829 757  
• Musik-Land Travel Agency, organize the entry of wind bands, choirs and other groups into Hungary and to provide particular programmes for them
• Noteworthy Tours, Inc, PO Box 1665, Sandusky, OH 44871-1665, USA
• NST Music Tours, Chiltern House, Bristol Avenue, Blackpool Lancashire, FY2 0FA, Tel: 01253-503008, Fax: 01253-356955  
• Rayburn Tours, Rayburn House, Parcel Terrace, Derby, DE1 1LZ - Tel: 01332-347828  
• Simon Hocking House of Travel, Specialist in brass band tours - particularly to Australia and New Zealand. Northtown Mall, Timaru, New Zealand. Tel: +64 3688 4139   
• United States Collegiate Wind Bands European Concert Tours

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  Uniforms, Banners, Music Folders etc.

• See also Music stands and Promotional products
  
  
• Alexander James, - suppliers of traditional tailored brass band uniforms - 6 Mossfield Road, Pendlebury, Manchester M27 2EN, Tel: +44 (0) 161 793 6340, Fax: +44 (0) 161 728 4661
• Alston Press (Music folios, banners, library bags, march folios, book binding services and lithographic printing etc.), Purdon Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5HA. Tel: 0161-797-5500
• Black Cat Music - supply a comprehensive range of music facility equipment: music stands, orchestra seating, instrument storage equipment, conductor's equipment, choral risers, music folders, and more
• Butt Quick Services, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan - hand-embroidered badges and other decorative uniform wear
• Charnwood Ties, - woven & printed ties, badges etc.
• City Embroiders, - Pakistan
• Crest Identity Ltd. - Stockton Rd, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS25 1RW. Tel: Tel: 01429 233533
• Ellistrations, - full service custom embroidery business - 3836 Walhampton Dr., Lexington, KY, USA
• Figura Profil - Norway
• FCC (Leeds) Ltd - First Choice Clothing - The Smarter Solution
• Fox & Chave Silk Ties
• Get Smart Uniforms Ltd, 655 Roundhay Road, Oakwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 4BA - Tel: 0113-293-5180, Fax: 0113-216-9955
• Grants - the online tailor, Unit 2, East Street Mills, East Street, Leeds, LS9 8DW - Tel/Fax: 0113-245-6209
• Guthrie Woods - (Uniforms), Canada
• Hedley's Marching Band Art - lettering/signwriting & badgework completed on drums, drum skins and bannerettes. Badges also designed
• Hedley's Marching Band Art (2) - lettering and badge work added to the drums and drum heads of marching bands
• ID Xpress Limited - Ties, badges and uniform products
• International House of Badges - manufacturers and exporters of all sorts of badges and embroidered work - Sialkot 51310, Pakistan
• M. Hand & Company, Ltd. - (Goldlacemen and Embroiderers - suppling gold thread embroidery, lace, braid and embroidered badges for uniforms etc.), 25 Lexington Street, London, W1R 3HQ, Tel: 0207 437 4917
• R&J Handley Ltd - (Brass Band Uniforms), Unit 3, 18 Croydon Street, Leeds LS11 9RT - Tel: 0113-245-7008, Fax: 0113-245-7009
• Hoffman Associates - Specialists for music stand banners; also neckties, badges, flags and pennants - Unit 1, Black Rigg, Roweltown, Carlisle, CA6 6JP, Tel: 016977-48261, Fax: 016977-48104  
• Leisurewear Direct Ltd - (embroidery specialists, uniforms, banners, stand/banner boxes etc.) Buxton, Derbyshire. Tel: 01298 74737
• Mapac Group - suppliers of music folders and music bags - Unit 6, Mowat Estate, Sandown Road, Watford, Herts, WD24 7UZ, Tel: 01923 255525  
• Musette - Music Miniature Jewelry
• Network Promotions, - club and corporate neckties & promotional items
• Pronto Tailoring - Band Uniforms, 225 Elliott Street, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8DG, Tel: 01942-879581, Fax: 01942-894579
• QC Designs - Bespoke monograms and promotional embroidery (shirts, jackets, hats etc.) - The Noddle, Scapegoat Hill, Huddersfield, HD7 4NS. Tel: 01484-647-146  
• School Colours - uniforms supplier - including brass bands
• Seppi Ties
• Tailshop.com - Tails jackets and other formal wear for musicians
• Tor Banners - manufacturers of high quality embroidered music stand banners and pennants, Unit 3, 18 Croydon Street, Leeds LS11 9RT - Tel: 0113-245-7008, Fax: 0113-245-7009
• Tor Designs - specialist manufacturers and embroiderers of corporate, team and club clothing, Unit 3, 18 Croydon Street, Leeds LS11 9RT - Tel: 0113-245-7008, Fax: 0113-245-7009
• Traditional Sewing - specialises in embroidered badges for T-shirts, Uniforms etc. Tel/Fax: 01453 511654

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  Insurance, Legal, Security, Serial Numbers, Stolen Instruments

Insurance
• Abbey Associates - Independent (Band Scheme), Abbey House, 3 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4PN - Tel: 01323-727551, Fax: 01323-430291
• Allianz Cornhill Musical Insurance
• Brass Band Insurance Services, 312 High Street, Harlington, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 5BT - Tel: 020-8759-0825, Fax: 020-8564-9063
• Clarion Associates Inc. , Musical Instrument Insurance - Tel: +1 1-800-VIVALDI, Fax: +1 631-423-2821
• Competitive Band Cover, Egger Lawson, 72 Maid Marion Way, Nottingham, NG1 6BJ, Tel: 0115-941-5255, Fax: 0115-941-5215  
• E&L Brass Band Care Insurance - Equine & Livestock Insurance, P.O. Box 100, York, YO26 9SZ, Tel: 08704 022 710  
• National Brass Band Insurance Scheme, Town and Country House, Salisbury Street, Mere, Wiltshire, BA12 6HE - Tel: 01747-860909, Fax: 01747-860067
• Pavilion Musicguard, Granton House, 27-8 Queens Road, Coventry, CV1 1EG, Tel: 01203-555900
• Orchestralguard, 02476 851000
• Totally Insured Group (TIG), Brass bands can now raise funds through insurance. TIG is offering to split its commission with bands. Run entirely by brass band players, TIG is dedicated to raising thousands of pounds for bands and musical groups, in addition to their extensive work with charities around the UK.
• Victor C. Knight, - specialists in the field of music related insurance. 292-308 Southbury Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1TS. Tel: 020 8351 2400, Fax: 020 8351 2411
  
  Legal
• Bridge McFarland Solicitors, Brass Band Legal services: Sound Advice When You Need It - a bespoke service for brass bands and their members
  
  Security
• Bandroom Security
• Its Been Stolen - The International Stolen and Lost Property Database - Free registration and access
• MusicTag - The UK's first musical instrument register offering an identification and recovery service for musicians with musical instruments
• Music-TraC - Microchip security tagging for instruments
• Proprietary Serial Number Lists
• Stolen Instruments Register
• There is a folder for stolen instrument announcements on the Brass Band Forum.

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  Instrument repairs

• Bendalloy - low temperature alloys, used within the brass instrument repair field
• The Brass Bow "Ask a Technician" forum
• Brass instrument repair and construction
• Brasswind Repair Topics
• Cryogenic Resonance Restoration of musical instruments
• Instrument Repair - a list of instrument repair specialists
• Musical Instrument Makers Forum
• Trevor Head - Training in musical instrument repair and making: short courses in brass, woodwind, violin and guitar
• Your Brass - a website with links for brass instrument repair and information. One-of-a-kind, original vintage instrument repair notes of special interest.
  
  UK
• National Association of Musical Instrument Repairers Secretary: David Hinton, Tel: 01582-762657
  
  
• Alaric Knight Mouthpiece Services 14, Kensington Avenue, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RU - Tel: 01226 - 765858
• Aldershot Music 45 Station Road, Aldershot, GU11 1BD - Tel: 01252-343085
• Allbrass Repair Services 10 Priory Close, Worsbrough Village, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 5LX, Tel: 01226-289232
• Andy Callard - brass instrument repairer
• Brass-Fix UK - brass instrument repairs and accessories supply. Dan Smith, 1 Link Way, Towcester, Northants, NN12 6HF, Tel: 07774 932475
• Crumpled Horn Instrument Repair Services - Andy Kinch - Oxford, Lo-Call (0845) 345 9012 Mobile (07903) 467182
• Benthooters - Ronald Hastings LLCM(TD) - Brass and Woodwind Musical Instrument Repairs, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Tel: 01296 432848  
• Bill Mcnaughton Woodwind - 12 Giles Road, Middlesbrough. Tel 01642 820101
• BobBrass Brass Band Instrument Repairs - The Rabbit Warren, Talbot Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, Tel: 01948 667610  
• Bones & Bugles - Sharon McCallum - instrument repairs and sales - Golford Gate Farm, Goldford, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3NX - Tel: 01580-713901
• Brass and Drums - specialist repairer - Graham Hall, 95A Reginald Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3PQ. Tel: 01424 223386 or 0777 151 4299
• Brass Toff - Instrument Repairs and Tuition - Paul Andrews, Warrington. Tel: 01925-826927
• Brassfix - Graham Smith - Instrument repairs, refurbishments, restorations and sales - 36 Harlton Road, Little Eversden, Cambridge, CB3 7HB. Tel: 01223 263171, 07725 133098   
• Cavalier Music - Brass and woodwind repairs - BL Boughton, 145 Bamcroft Way, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 3AF, Tel: 023 9247 5923
• D.A.M.R.S. - Daniel Auckland Brass and Woodwind Repairs Specialist - 14 Florence Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Mobile: 07818 451780  
• Dawkes Music Ltd. - Brass Repairs - 652 Bath Road, Taplow, Berks, SL6 0NZ - Tel: 01628-604404 - Fax: 01628-604336
• Dean Pelling Woodwind & Brass- Repairs & sales - 5, Windmill Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4DG, Tel: 01424 215570 . Closed Sunday & Monday
• DG Music - Brass Repairs at competitive prices. All work undertaken and guaranteed. David Griffiths - Repairer - 85 Meadowview Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 4ES (callers by appointment only) Please ring to arrange. Tel 07900 805152, or 01395 268336  
• Eminent Music, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Tel: 01623 843799  
• F. Graham Instrument repair specialist - 17 Hawthorn Park, Brandon, Co. Durham, DH7 8QF. Tel: 0191 378 3476, 07854 142601
• First Class Brass Ltd- brass instruments manufacturing, repair and customisation - Unit 2, 55 St Peter's Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU4 9AT, Tel: 01582 671358  
• Frank Fidler brass, woodwind, percussion - The Old Dairy, The Square, Ruardean, Gloucestershire, GL17 9TJ, Tel: 01594 544053.  
• Fred Croft, professional brass services, used instruments, repairs and sales - 77a High Street, Barton on Humber, North Lincs, DN18 5PU. Tel: 01652-661162  
• Gary Mills, woodwind and brass musical instrument repair to exacting standards - 9, Victoria Gardens, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7DJ. Tel: 08450 MUSIC 1 (687421)
• Geoff Lumley, brass repairs - St Hildas, Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8JT. Tel: 01423 884860
• George Gladstone - brass and woodwind repairs - 85 Parkgate, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL1 1SA Tel: 01325-486510
• Gittins Brass Instruments, repairs and overhauls - Hollebeke House, Gore End Road, Newbury, Berks, RG20 0PD, Tel: 01635 253566  
• Grimston Brass - Sales & Repairs - Thomas Grimston, Shepherds Close Farm, Ingleby Greenhow, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6RQ, England. Tel: 0044 (0) 7866 01 39 83  
• Hayes Music, brass and woodwind instrument repair and sales facility - Wickham, Hampshire
• Helen Kavanagh Woodwind & Brass - brass and woodwind repairs - c/o Music Shop, 38 Rother St, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire. Tel: 01789 268515
• HW and J Dean Brass Repairs - Cornwall, Tel: 01326 563178
• Jeffery's Musical Instruments - Colin Jeffery, 43 Hill Top Road, Grenoside, Sheffield, S35 8PE. Tel: 0114 2454223 or e-mail c/o steveripper@lineone.net   
• John Ravenor Brass Repairs - 131 Chiltern Road, Dunstable, Beds LU6 1ET. Tel: 01582 600611, Mobile: 07710 442825.  
• John Robshaw & Associates - brass and woodwind repairs, restorations and sales - Poole, Dorset. Tel: 01202 695464.  
• JP Musical Instrument Repairs & Sales, Ashcott, Somerset. Tel: 01458-210569
• Keith Magnall C.G.L.I. - professional musical instrument repairer (brass and woodwind) - 4 West View, Butterknowle, Bishop Aukland, Co. Durham, DL13 5PY. Tel: 01388 710146
• Larry Sinclair, Brass and woodwind repair service - 112 Sunderland Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE34 6NE, Tel: 0191-4551695
• Learn to Repair Brass Instruments - short intensive courses. Contact Trevor Head, Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1SR. Tel: 01547-550622
• Leigh McKinney - brass repair workshop - Dunstable, Bedfordshire, tel: 01582 671358
• Malden School of Musical Instrument Repair, 11 Church Place, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3HY
• Maurice and June Wright - Brass Instrument Repairs, Bramshott, Hampshire, England
• McQueens - musical instrument repair specialists - 488 Bolton Road Pendlebury Manchester M27 8UR, Tel/Fax: 0161 794 3543
• Mike Stevens - brass, woodwind and string repairs - 272 Louth Road, Scartho, Grimsby, DN33 2LF, Tel: 01472 824138  
• Morgan's Musical Instrument Repairs - Glyn Awel, 9 Woodman Terrace, Ystalyfera, SWANSEA, SA9 2LR. Wales. Tel: 0044 (0) 1639 841155
• Mr Tuba - New and used tuba retailer and repairer - 114 Springvale Industrial Estate, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 5BG, Tel: +44 (0) 1633 871506, Fax: +44 (0) 1633 872279
• Musicparts UK - specialists in brass, woodwind and string instrument repairs
• Musical Instrument Repairs and Sales Hereward Rise, Halesowen,West Midlands, B62 8AN. Tel: (0121) 550 9707 - Fax: (0121) 501 3873
• Navigation Repairs Navigation Inn, Wool Road, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5NS - Tel: 01457-872418 and 01706-841397
• North Winds Musical Instrument Repairs, Sales & Mutes (near Perth)
• Owen Wedgwood Brass Instrument Repairs - 36 Church Street, Heckmondwike, West Yorks WF16 0AX. Tel : 0780-156-2156  
• Peter Mills Music Instruments serviced and repaired. 440 Bury Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1AZ. Tel: 0161-772-0743, Mobile: 07961 159898
• Peter Pollard - a top quality repair service
• Peter Rose Musical Instrument Repairs - 10 Longport, Canterbury, Kent, Tel: 01227-764580
• F.H. Lambert Limited - Musical Instrument Repairs and Decorative Precious Metal Plating
• Ray Sunshine 3, Coombes Close, Beckley, East Sussex TN31 6TR - Telephone 01797 260394
• Repercussion - spares and repairs - bringing drums back to life. Tel: 01663 262 149
• Roger Price Brass & Woodwind Services - Brass and Woodwind repairs - Greenside, Pentre, Chirk, Wrexham LL14 5AW. Tel: 01691 774350
• Roland Clark - Musical Instrument Repairs & Sales - 101 Library Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 2BG. Tel: Tel. 01202 730723  
• Toot Sweet - Woodwind and Brass Repair and Sales Workshop, 58, Derby Rd, Nottingham, NG1 5FD. Tel: +44 (0)115 9598321
• Trevada Music, 9 Chapel Street, Camborne, TR14 8ER - Tel: 01209-714353, Fax: 01209-718708 (also 18 Wind Street, Ammanford, Camarthenshire)
• Trefor Evans - woodwind and brass instrument repairer - Gloucestershire - Tel: 01452 537163 (home), 07754 673830 (mobile)  
• Unison Music, woodwind and brass specialists. Minor repairs to major overhauls. Renovation service. Refurbished instruments sold fully guaranteed. 54 Whincheap, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3RS. Tel: 01227 764580
• Windcraft Ltd. - Accessories, General Repair Materials and Tools - Riverside, Mill Lane, Taplow, Berks, SL6 0AA - Tel: 01628-778377 - Fax: 01628-777466
  
  U.S.A.
• National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians - (USA)
• Atkins Band Instrument Repair
• The Brass Bow - Instrument Repair (Illinois)
• Cambrass