"Describes various brass instruments from around the world, such as the familiar trumpet and trombone, along with historical instruments such as the Alphorn, serpent, and traditional instruments still played today, including the didgeridoo and the dung-chen"--Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Brass instruments -- Ancient trumpets -- Large trumpets -- Sounding signals -- Trumpet -- Trombone -- Ancient horns -- Ivory horns and lur -- Bugle -- French horn -- Tuba -- Brass bands -- Serpent.