JW Pepper, founded in the 19th century, continues to showcase the original brass instrument that began its legacy.

Before J.W. Pepper became the world’s largest sheet music retailer, it helped make music history by crafting a new instrument: a brass tuba with its bell pointed upright. The instrument, recognized as ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. So you want to buy a tuba. Or you’re thinking of buying a ...

In the months before the start of the Revolutionary War, John Behrent (also spelled Berent) built the first piano sold commercially in the United States. More than 100 years later — at the behest of ...

The Joy of Music's Lower Frequencies Julius Mckee is a member of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band in New Orleans. He's also one of the premier sousaphone players in the country. In the first of a four-part ...

Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify the ...

FILE - In this May 6, 2012, file photo, Ben Jaffe, tuba player and director of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band hugs George Wein, founder of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as well as the ...

Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify the ...