The Vincent brook corporation was an American manufacturer of sheet metal wind instruments and accessories, here particularly from mouthpieces. From this the today's mark Vincent brook came out itself, in the possession of the entrepreneurial group Conn Selmer, Inc. after repeated assumptions. finds. Conn Selmer uses the mark Vincent brook for the selling of a full assortment of all usual sheet metal wind instruments. Conn Selmer under the Premiummarke brook Stradivarius drives advancements out of original brook constructions.

The founder

if 1890 came as "Vincent pellet brook" in Austrian bathing with Vienna to the world and first if violin learned, changed later however to the trumpet. Although it successfully completed the Viennese mechanical engineering school, it decided for a career as a musician under the artist name Vincent brook. At the beginning of the First World War it emigrierte into the USA, where it found an employment after initial difficulties first with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and later than first Trompeter at the orchestra the metropolitan Opera in New York.

1918 began brook in a Hinterzimmer of the New Yorker musi potash action Selmer with the production of mouthpieces for trumpets and cornets, first as unique pieces and in small series. Later it manufactured mouthpieces with industrieller precision in series and researched systematically connections between the structural design of mouthpieces on the speech, the Intonation, the sound and the general play behavior. Besides it developed a system to its marking, at which other manufacturers orient themselves partially until today.

The history of the Vincent brook corporation

Starting from 1924 brook trumpets manufactured, starting from 1928 also trombones. In the course of the time production was expanded since in each case several series by trumpets, cornets, wing horns and trombones. Depending upon grade the different series carried the label names Apollo, Minerva, Mercury, Mercedes and Stradivarius.

1953 decided brook to shift the production of the restrained premises in the Bronx into the peaceful town Mount Vernon in the Federal State New York.

1961 sold the greise Vincent brook its enterprise finally (and despite other, higher requirements) to the Selmer corporation, which let the complete assortment produce first invariably further. 1965 shifted Selmer the production from New York to Elkhart in the US Federal State Indiana.

Although brook cannot be called directly inventors of the modern trumpet of American design with three valves, it contributed without a doubt crucial to perfecting this instrument. In particular instruments from the time in New York and Mount Vernon are looked for and are considered partly than pieces of collecting tank.

In contrast to this it represents some Trompeter the view that first for longer time no more did not reach after this time under the Selmer auspice in Elkhart and elsewhere manufactured instruments the their quality standard.

Selmer went 2002 in the group of Conn Selmer, Inc. up, those for their part a daughter of the Steinway musical of instrument, Inc. is.

Among the researchers and journalists, who argued with the firm history of the enterprise Vincent brook, Roy Hempley, Doug teacher, Gary Gardner Fladmoe and Andre Smith rank.

Related links

• Internet operational readiness level of Selmer (English-language)
• Internet operational readiness level of Vincent brook (English-language)
• The Brass Bow an approximate overview of the confusing world of the serial numbers of instruments of the mark Vincent brook (English-language)
• Time track (English-language)
• German-language article of the technical periodical '' sonic '' to early firm history and design features in former times brook trumpets determined
• German-language article of the technical periodical '' sonic '' to the restoration of a brook trumpet from the 50's including details to firm history

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