The Brass Players Museum

Antique Brass Musical Instruments

Springfield MA

413-746-0859   fax 413-746- 0859 email

open by appointment

Individuals interested in Antique Brass Instruments or brass players are invited to visit and "try out" some of our antique instruments. The museum features over 90 various instruments.  If you have any questions please leave a message at 413-746-0859 or call me at my office during business hours at 413-732-4137.

We are looking for the following instruments to expand the collection as well as any brass instrument of interest.

If you have an instrument to sell please give me a call. David Neill 1-413-732-4137  tbn8@aol.com

  • Top or side action rotary valve cornet or trombone - American made 

  • Ophicleide - Eb or F

  • Over the shoulder - any type any condition

  • Saxhorn - any type

  • Cornophone or clavicor

  • Serpent

  • any other unusual antique or historic brass instrument or historic information about brass band in New England

Hanson Brass Instrument Repair - Expert in brass repair

Call or email for more information   Dick Hansen  horndr@charter.net or call 413- 283-4997

Sample of work -  Click Here for before and after photos.

Dick has worked on many of the instruments in the museum, his work is top quality work at a fair price." David Neill -   I had a keyed bugle that was crushed in the mail Click Here  to see the damaged bugle and repair work.

 

Please visit our collection by clicking on the following

Trumpets - Alto - Baroque Trumpet - Belati 1890 - Besson Pocket 1970s - Conn Herald - Conn Slide Trumpet - -Grand Rapids 1940s - Muck 1940s - Rotary Valve 1880s - Wurlitzer Eb 1930s - Wurlitzer Pro 

Cornets - Boosey 1902 - Beuscher 1910 - Boston - 3 Star -Conn 1883 - Conn - Queror 1895 - Conn - 1886 - Cornopean 2 valve 1840 - Couesnon 5 valve 1922 - D C Hall SARV 1870 - Henry Distin 1886 - Dupone 1900 - Fiske 1875 - Eb Foote Top Action Rotary Valve 1860 - Marceau 1920s - Olds 1946 played by Red Nichols - John Pask 1853 - Pelilte 1880 Eb -Pepper 1890 - Sax 1851 - Schuster 1900 - Seefeldt, W. TARV Eb - H N White Sterling bell 1934 - Wright SARV 1870 - York 1910

Fluglehorn - Herold 4 RV 1873 - Schuster 1910s - Uhlmann 1880s

Trombones - Antoine Courtoise & Mille 1910's - Besson G Bass 1937 - Boosey & Co - Boston Mfg 1870's - Buccin - G 1800 - Buescher 1908 - Cazzani RV 1912 - Conn 44H 1935 - Conn 24H 1930 - Conn Valve 1912 - Conn 2H 1924 - Conn 4H 1940s - Fredrick - SARV 1880 - Van Engelen Vienna Valve 1870s - Higham Alto Valve 1870s - Olds 1920's - Olds F Alto 1970 - Bass by Robert Piering 1910s - Slater 1880 - 6 valve by Van Engelen 1920 - Van Cauwelvert Vienna Valve 1880s - White King 1916

Tenors Horns - Lapini Rotary valve 1899 - Pollmann Berliner 1880s - Royce 1900

Euphoniums - 4 Berliner Valve 1850-1865 - Conn Double Bell 5 valve 1902 - Devries 1880s - Fisher 1890 - York Double Bell 1900

Baritones - Barcone Sousa Style - Boston 1890s - Hall & Quinby SARV 1870 - Hall & Quinby OTS 1865 - Henry Distin 1890s - Pepper 1900

Tubas, Helicons and Sousaphones in Bb - Barcone Sousaphone 1920's - Cerveny Tuba 1880 - Conn BBb 1901 - Higham Helicon 1900 - Huttle Sousaphone 4RV - Mahillon 1920s

Tubas and Helicons in Eb - Tuba Top Action Rotary Valve 1870 - Boston Eb Tuba 1880 - Conn 1900 - Daniel Hess Helicon Berliner Valve 1870s - Sprinz 6 valve 1910s - Stratton 1870 - Van Cauwelaert 1870

French Horns - Besson 2 valve 1850 - Cor Solo 1810 - King piston 1942 - Pepper piston 1905 - Sansone 1930's

Alto Horns - Gautrot 1889 - Conn 1882 - Keefer 1909 - Pollman 1885 - Salvationist 1920s - White 1920

Bugles and other - Antoniophone 1875 - Ophicleide  - Bugle with tuning box - Cavalry Bugle 1880s - Sterling Silver Hunting Horn - Keat Bugle 1870 - German Bugle - Mellophone Holton 1971 - Mellphone York 1902 - Pace Keyed Bugle - Rams Horn - Rudall Rose & Carte Vocal Horn 1860 - Serpent 1830

Over 200 antique brass instrument for sale