SECTOR SPOTLIGHT BRASS AND WOODWIND
Denis Wick DW5504 trumpet mute £14 (ex. VAT)
Some say it is this innocuous little accessory that made Denis Wick what it is today. First launched in 1968, the 5504 mute maintains tune in all registers and doesn’t affect the 'blow' of the instrument. Hand-spun aluminium, work hardened, real cork and UK craftsmanship makes this – and anything from Denis Wick, second to none.
Yamaha YEP-321 Bb euphonium £2,495
Odyssey OTR140 Bb trumpet £149.99
Designed by Peter Pollard, the clear lacquered yellow brass body produces superb tones through the 11.68mm bore and 123mm bell. It has stainless steel pistons, a responsive top spring valve action and a first valve slide saddle to fine tune the intonation. The outfit includes an ABS case, a large cleaning cloth, valve oil and an Instruction guide for instrument maintenance.
Listed as an intermediate instrument, this stunning, four-valve euphonium has a distinctly professional feature set, with precise valves, perfectly rounded tubes for a smooth airflow and superlative intonation. The instrument is laser fused for a virtually seamless bell, which allows continuous, even vibrations.
J Michael FL-400SPO flute £199
This C-tuned flute is extremely keenly priced for a model of this standard and the J Michael brand is growing in popularity among learners (and importantly their teachers). A white brass body, silver plated (as is the lip plate), a low-B foot joint and in-line ring keys, combined with the carrying case, make this an outfit well worth looking at.
Rosetti Series 5 Bb clarinet £160
Jupiter JHR-452D French Horn £1,671.99
The Jupiter French horn is about as close to a pro instrument as you can get with its mechanical link rotors, leadpipe rose brass, a 12mm bore and a 302mm bell, but the price and the interchangeable slides for both Bb and F keys, as well as adjustable hooks, means this superbly priced instrument can grow with the child.
The Rosetti Series 5 Bb clarinet is an excellent value clarinet, featuring a brushed ABS finish, silver plated keywork and bell ring flare – and it ships with its case. It is designed for beginners, students and intermediate players and plays as well as many more expensive models.
Finance has provided a 'while-you-wait' online authorisation process. Another big news story this year has
been the Odyssey Premiere range, designed by Peter Pollard. Pollard has become one of the most
sought after instrument designers and repairers in the UK, having worked with the country’s top musicians for over 40 years. He has a thorough understanding of the player’s needs, is known for his experimental nature and pushes the boundaries of instrument design, often using materials not usually associated with the instruments he is building. The result is a range of instruments
targeting the student specifically – including special, smaller sized horns and saxes, enabling the younger learner to start playing all the sooner. Pollard has a pretty impressive CV,
having worked with Dawsons (designing the Mirage range) and Dolphin (where he oversaw an overhaul of the retailer’s
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orchestral marketing), until turning full circle and working with JHS on the Odyssey line and creating his own custom instruments for individual artists. Supplied by Korg in the UK, Jupiter’s
instrument range covers everything form the entry level to professional, and the two companies together have been extremely active in education initiatives, particularly the Sound Start scheme, teaching hundreds of school children brass and woodwind instruments. Jupiter has also won the MIA Awards best woodwind instrument four times in the past eight years, most recently with the Jupiter JFL-511ESSC flute. , which joins the JAS-567GL alto sax, the JTR- 308L trumpet and the JCL-631SMTO clarinet as an MIA award winner. The instrument was one of the first to include a silver chimney, which although a small point, with a carefully designed headjoint and well crafted keys, this silver plated flute is a great model, and just like
the rest of the Jupiter range offers quality, design, longevity, playability and above all a student instrument that will last for years to come. Antigua is a brand that has certainly
made waves in the saxophone arena, but the company’s extensive brass and woodwind offering looks very much as though it will be expanding its market considerably in the coming years.
A fresh start Graham Lyons’ Nuvo Clarinéo is an opportunity to access the six-year-old- plus age group for the first time with a proper wind instrument. The instrument is perfectly designed for young children with no compromises in tone, range or expression and it ranges three and a half octaves from E below middle C to the third G above and is fully chromatic. The Clarinéo does for woodwind what
the three-quarter sized guitars or violins do for their respective sectors – bring
youngsters on before they are big enough to handle the instrument proper. What is important, however, is that the fingering is the same basic Boehm system as the Bb clarinet. When the child starts taking up the clarinet proper, they are using the same fingering to play the same notes as they learned on the Clarinéo. Never to be left out of any sector,
Stagg has plenty to offer the dealer looking to dip a toe into the world of wind. Beginning with the simple bugle at £105, to the hefty tuba from £1,445, all Stagg brass and woodwind is fully serviced and regulated by qualified in- house engineers before being delivered. Making a name for itself in brass and woodwind is Rosetti’s own eponymous brand featuring trumpets, flugels, euphoniums, trombones, cornets, French horns, tubas, flutes, clarinets piccolos and saxes – it’s an impressive range and very keenly priced. Rosetti is also the UK supplier for Vandoren reeds (see below).
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