brass

The invigorating brass or woody bass of salsa, son and cha-cha-cha are all but gone.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

The silver, pewter and brass items were taken from the 16th Century manor house at Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, on 30 July.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sax outdid himself by also designing a trumpet with 13 bells; this instrument, later built by his son Adolphe-Édouard, resembles a brass Hydra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Aries blocked their path, his furry hands on his hips and brass spectacles sitting on his button nose.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Their sound has a lovely finish: softly molded winds, round-toned brasses, strings that never turn strident.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

"Several thousand brasses and other artefacts - collectively known as the 'Benin Bronzes' - were taken by the British, and subsequently sold off in London to recoup the costs of the military mission."

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck