Since someone brought up the environment.
Let's discuss that for a second. You said brass is better because you are not killing trees?! Oh my Oh my. Someone needs to do a little more research. Do you have any idea how damaging to the environment making a brass instrument is?

It's horrible. Using trees in a managed renewable way is much better than the process of making brass, working brass, and disposing of all the insane chemicals used in the process. Lots of cyanide vapors, inorganic salts, degreasers, etching acids, mined copper ore, minded zinc ore, other alloy metals like Sn, Pb, Fe, Ni, Mn, Si and Al, the process of dezincification. corrosion inhibitors P, As, Sb, Bi. The thousands of gallons of contaminated water.

Egads! I wonder how many of us would go out and buy a new instrument if we really knew how damaging to the environment making a brass instrument is.

That is a good point thanks for sharing your reasearch.

Since someone brought up the environment. Let's discuss that for a second. You said brass is better because you are not killing trees?! Oh my Oh my. Someone needs to do a little more research. Do you have any idea how damaging to the environment making a brass instrument is?

I think Toptrump was kidding. It was just a joke, wasn't it? I thought it was funny.

im pretty sure it was a joke

clearly there is only one awsner to this question. trumpets rule over all sections. they arent the best, there the only ones who matter.!!!!

"clearly there is only one awsner to this question. trumpets rule over all sections. they arent the best, there the only ones who matter.!!!"

Well, I wouldn't say they are the only ones who matter, because you can't have a band or orchestra with just trumpets!

Well, I wouldn't say they are the only ones who matter, because you can't have a band or orchestra with just trumpets!

good point, that would suck ineed, it would involve a bunch of senseless !****!s blasting their brains out, and them claiming they're playing music, that would be a joke. Sorry, horn kicks trumpet a$$ ANY day of the week, and that's true. Speaking of the double reeds being the best, I really like the 59th street badge song. It's great, it involves a GREAT bassoon part, and the oboe solo (or clarinet) in it is amazing. Also, like half way through, the bassoon has a solo that has GREAT intonation and tonal quality, I loved it. It was hit, becuase it didn't have the usual half a$$ trumpet player f ing aroung in it.

i say brass cause you cant play most of the orchestral peices without them and a band sucks without a killer brass section

good point mr. williams. songs just dont sound good without that brass

You keep switching sides! You flip flop more than a guy running for U.S. President!

well... lets face it... if your talking aout an orchestra... brass usually doesnt play anything, but woodwinds get there own little solos... brass still kicks utt though so i would have to say that brass is more important in a marching band rather than an orchestra. Thats just my opinion.

In my opinion, an all brass ensemble sounds cooler than an all woodwinds one.

thank you finally someone with some form of intelligence I am acting as a mediator otherwise if I stated my real opinion on any matter this forum would die

Fair enough.

Hey dan i didnt mean to be so rash its all good baby lol