Draft:List of brass instrument makers

This is a short list of significant brass instrument makers.

16th–18th centuries
• Erasmus Schnitzer, Nuremberg, 1540–

• Georg Neuschel, Nuremberg, 1540–

• Anton Schnitzer I, Nuremberg, 1550–

• Conrad Linczer, Nuremberg, 1570–

• Pierre Colbert, Reims, 1580–

• Anton Schnitzer II, Nuremberg, 1580–

• Anton Drewelwecz, Nuremberg, 1585–

• Andreas Reichart, Erfurt, 1600–

• Simon Reichard, Nuremberg, 1600–

• Jakob Bauer, Nuremberg, 1600–

• Isaac Ehe, Nuremberg, 1600–

• Sebastian Hainlein, Nuremberg, 1615–

• Georg Nicolaus Öller, Stockholm, 1630

• Paul Hainlein, Nuremberg, 1645–

• Hieronimus Starck, Nuremberg, 1660–

• Christian Kofahl, Mecklenburg, 1660–

• Johann Joseph Schmied, Pfaffendorf (Koblenz), 1770–

• Gebrüder Alexander, Mainz, Germany, 1782–

19th century
• Courtois, Paris, 1803

• Orsi, 1836–

• Besson, Paris, 1837–

• Červený, Hradec Králové, 1842–

• Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1842–1900

• Distin & Co., London, c. 1850–1868

• Boosey & Co., London, 1868–1930 (after purchasing Distin & Co.)

• Hawkes & Son, London, 1865–1930

• Robert Piering, Adorf, 1882–1943

• Henri Selmer Paris, 1885–

• York & Sons, Grand Rapids, 1885–1976

• Henry Distin Manufacturing Company, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1886–1909

20th century
• Amati Kraslice, 1948–

• Bach, New York, 1924–

• Benge, Chicago, 1939–2001

• Blessing, Elkhart, Indiana, 1906–2009

• Boosey & Hawkes, London, 1930 (merged from Boosey & Co. and Hawkes & Son)

• Buescher, Elkhart, Indiana, 1894–1963

• Conn, Elkhart, Indiana, 1915–

• Getzen, Elkhorn, Wisconsin 1939–

• Haag Brass, Weinfelden, Switzerland

• Holton, Chicago, 1989

• Jupiter, Taipei, 1993

• H.N. White Co., Cleveland, 1893

• King, Cleveland, 1893

• Martin, Elkhart, Indiana, 1905–1961

• Miraphone, Waldkraiburg, Germany

• Olds, Los Angeles, 1910–

• Rath, Huddersfield, 1996–

• Reynolds, 1936–1946

• Schilke, 1956–

• Thein Brass, Bremen, 1972–

• Yamaha, Hamamatsu, (Brass:) 1965–

Contemporary
• Yamaha, Hamamatsu, (Brass:) 1965–

• Jupiter, Taipei, 1993

• Schagerl

External links or references
Herbert Heyde: Trompeten Posaunen Tuben - Musikinstrumenten-Museum Leipzig - Katalog - Band 3  (ISBN: 376510213X)