We’re delighted to be part of Italian Brass Week, 9th - 16th July, where we’ll be exhibiting some of our finest brass instruments available to the market. Exhibiting at shows such as this one not only give people the opportunity to experience our instruments first-hand; handling and play testing …
It seems incredible that a whole 6 years has passed since Wessex Tubas started trading; selling our very first tuba to a gentleman in Ireland with whom the founder of Wessex, Jonathan Hodgetts, is still friends - and that very first Tuba is still being played today.
Although it may be one of the less exciting aspects of owning your own brass instrument, cleaning is undoubtedly crucial, not only to the look and feel of your beloved instrument, but also to its smooth operation and consequent sound quality.
Yesterday Wessex Professional Artiste, Ian Foster visited Wessex Tubas' UK store to buy a Wessex SP28 Eb sousaphone. While here he tried out the prototype of the new Wessex Tubas OTS (over the shoulder) Eb saxhorn which will be out around the end of 2017.
Following on from last week’s initial rendition, our Founder Jonathan Hodgetts, completes the story of this latest visit to the factory where our instruments are made; talking us through the planning, development, and quality assurance process, and his final days before arriving home…
Here at Wessex Tubas, we’re incredibly proud of everything we put our name to – and have the utmost confidence that every single instrument our customers receive from us is of exceptional quality and plays well.
Recently, you may have seen us at the hugely successful and well-attended NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show in California.
