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Product: ChopSaver Lip Balm

23-Aug-2005

We have a look (and taste) of a nifty little product that will try and make you not look like a 13 stone brown trout (or Leslie Ash) after a hard nights playing or enjoying yourself too much. Sounds good eh?

Product: Have you got the horn: Besson v Yamaha

1-Aug-2005

4BR looks at the two leading tenor horns on the market - the Besson Sovereign and the Yamaha Maestro to see which one comes out on top.

Product: Weril Brass Instruments: Flugel and Cornet

9-Jun-2005

Peter Uppman gives a glowing report on his Weril Flugelhorn and Cornet and compares them favourably with other leading brands.

Product: The Bremner ssshhhhhhMute Practice Mute

12-May-2005

4BRDU casts its eye (and ear and lips) over the 'ssshhhhhhMute' from Trevor Bremner - an invention for those of us who lead a very busy, busy life but still want to keep the old lip in shape.

Product: The Battle of the Cornets

21-Apr-2005

4BR looks at the three leading models of cornet that are now being produced to try and capture the important and potentially lucrative young student market to find out which one is the best of the bunch from a Besson, Yamaha and a Jupiter.

Product: The Wild Thing Cornet

16-Apr-2005

If you are looking for something a bit different from the usual makes in the cornet stakes, why not let your hair down and go a bit 'Wild'?

Product: Pocket Tones PT - 15

13-Apr-2005

12 Note C Chromatic—vocal and instrument tuner
Produced by Farley Musical Essentials, Santa Barbara, California

Product: Besson 1000 Tenor Trombone

1-Apr-2005

We asked Jonathan Pippen to have an extended look at the Besson 1000 tenor trombone - the entry level model for aspiring young players, and see what he thought about it. Here's his verdict.

Product: Edwards T350 Tenor Trombone

1-Apr-2005

Chris Thomas, the Principal Trombonist of the Buy As You View Band takes a personal look at the Edwards T350 trombone and how a top qulaity product was tailored for his specific needs.

Product: Denis Wick Adjustable Eb Soprano Cornet Cup Mute

8-Jun-2004

4BR casts its eye over a new mute for all those underpaid and undervalued soprano cornet players out there.

Product: The Superscope PSD300 - CD Recording System

7-Jun-2004

4BR casts it's eye over the state of the art portable recording system from Superscope and Normans. It's the biz.

Product: Humes and Berg Cornet Mute Review

14-Dec-2003

4BR has asked Robert Westacott, the current Principal Cornet of the Hepworth Band to "roadtest" 4 mutes from Humes and Berg.

Product: Warburton Mouthpieces

30-Oct-2003

We've given seven mouthpieces from the American makers to members of the reigning British Open Champions, BAYV Cory and asked them to tell us what they thought about them.

Product: Instrument Leview: England v Japan

14-Aug-2003

We put two top of the range euphoniums up against eachother in the 4BR test to find out which one is the best. This time it is the Besson Prestige against the Yamaha Custom - England versus Japan.

Seconds out...

Product: Bb Tuba Comparison

5-May-2003

John Szkutko
Miraphone 1280 & Besson 994
9th of May 2003
Brass Music Specialists, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Product: The Sparx Cornet Mouthpiece

12-Mar-2003

Produced by Ted Sparks' Musical Services
1571 Sandhurst Circle
Box 63518
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
M1V 1VO


Product: Boosey and Hawkes Sovereign BBb Bass, Model: BE994

5-Nov-2002

When you are a kid in school and you express an interest in playing a musical instrument you are not really given much of a choice are you.

Product: Giving me the Horn

5-Jun-2002

Yamaha Eb Tenor Horn
Model: YAH- 602S Professional

Of all the instruments in the brass band, the tenor horn is the one that seems to have been left alone the most in terms of development and change.

Product: Antoine Courtois 157 Bb Flugelhorn

8-Jan-2002

The French can always be relied upon to do something a little bit different...

Product: Smith-Watkins “Professional” Bb Cornet

3-Oct-2001

Dr Richard Smith and Derek Watkins are two names most brass band players don’t really know well...

Product: The New Besson "Prestige" BE2028 Cornet from Boosey and Hawkes

12-Sep-2001

Review by: Roger Webster. Principal Cornet Black Dyke Band

Product: The Sopranos: France declares war on the USA

14-Aug-2001

The Schilke soprano comes up against the new French model Eb Sop from Courtois - we give our verdict.

Product: Antoine Courtois 267 RV—II Euphonium

9-May-2001

Review by: Glyn Williams. Principal Euphonium Fodens Courtois Band

The Antoine Courtois euphonium for many reasons is far the best euphonium I have ever played.


Product: Boosey & Hawkes Sovereign 944R Bb/F Trombone

8-Mar-2001

by Nick Huson
Trombone players are extremely fortunate musicians nowadays...

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