TALKS WITH BANDSMEN by ALGERNON ROSE Start Price USD 40.00 Current Price USD 40.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 20, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 Location London, London See more about 'TALKS WITH BANDSMEN by ALGERNON ROSE' Description Talks with Bandsmen; a popular Handbook for Brass Instrumentalists by Algernon Rose. Laminated paperback, 450pp. 16 b/w photos. 1995 Facsimile of 1895 edition with a new introduction by Arnold Myers.   “Talks” was the first book to devote itself to brass band instruments and instrument making. Rose presents his unique view of bands and instruments in the engaging and racy style of his day, scattering the text with fascinating facts and amusing anecdotes. These words started out as talks that Rose gave to bandsmen, to explain to them something of their history and the current manufacturing of brass band instruments. Several views of Boosey & Co’s and Besson’s workshops are included. Some interesting anecdotes are: the bugle competition to find out which carried furthest, one made of brass or one made of copper and for me the most amusing, the French horn by Mahillon made of cheese, to illustrate an acoustic principle.   New copy available direct from the publisher, Tony Bingham, in London   Sea mail postage to the US, Europe and Rest of the World is $8.00 Place a Bid!