J.F. Anderst Instrument Maker- St. Petersburg 1820s
on the left Bassocorno in C, on the right F tenor horn.
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St. Olaf Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra (30th Anniversary 2009)
Ameriikan Poijat (20th Anniversary 2010)
Vintage Band Music Festival 2006
Ingria Pilgrims : Lilly International Service Learning Project to St. Peterburg, Russia June 2005
An old and rare set of brass instruments has been recently rediscovered at the Kuopio (Finland) City Museum of Culture and History. The set of nine instruments appear to be unique in the world, partly because they have an unusual valve technology, because they appear to be very early in the evolution of valved brass instruments, and the collection is quite large. This web site will share emerging information about the maker, the instruments, their unique characteristics including the "butterfly" valve technology, about how these instruments have came to be found in Finland. These instruments have been an intensely interesting research subject for me for the past several years. PN
This site is under construction.
© 2007 by Paul Niemisto. Use of this material in other publications or forms by permission only.
Research Resources:
J. F Anderst Brass Instruments