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Still, with its smooth strings, creamy brass, pungent winds and friendly percussion, Noseda’s NSO came across as a gracious orchestra meant to please, and, consequently, a seemingly marvelous anomaly in an otherwise divisive present-day D.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

One prisoner refers to a "rocket testing site" while discussing bratwurst supplies for the top brass.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nobody will be betting a brass farthing on history repeating itself, though.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

She never whupped us with it because it was too valuable: a fine polished maple shaft with a brass bullet tip.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The orchestra, from the pointed brasses to the curling woodwinds, found its way to unanimity of utterance.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 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 Philharmonic seems to be steadily acclimating to its newly renovated hall, though the brasses remain extremely bright-sounding at full force, sharpened rather than golden.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck