Meet us at exhibitions
21.03.2012 - 24.03.2012 Internationale Musikmesse in Frankfurt (D)
28.03.2012 - 30.03.2012 Belgium Brass Festival and Competition in Namur (B)
Tuba - Alexander von Puttkamer

Alexander von Puttkamer
Principal Tuba with the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexander von Puttkamer

Actually Alexander von Puttkamer wanted to learn the trumpet, but there were no more places for that instrument available ...

BBb-Tuba - 197

BBb-Tuba;5/4 size;4 rotary valves;bore: 21,5mm / .846˝;bell Ø: 46cm / 18.1˝;height: 114cm / 44.9˝;yellow brass;clear-lacquered

Visit us at the 65th Midwest Clinic, Chicago

13.12.2011

Take the opportunity to test a wide range Melton - Meinl Weston tubas and euphoniums at the Midwest Clinic from 14th till 17th of December 2011. ...

„Grand Concerto 4 Tubas“ World premiere November 9th, 2011

02.11.2011

„Grand Concerto 4 Tubas“ - a joint composition order of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra – Bavarian State Philharmonic Orchestra ...

"Grand Concerto 4 Tubas" Order the CD !

02.11.2011

Since 1987 the Melton Tuba Quartett goes new ways playing the tuba. In Germany and all over the world during its performances it understands to touch and inspire its audience with its music. The four members of the ensemble, all tuba players at leading German orchestras, always manage to conjure surprise onto the faces of the audience. ...

Roland Szentpáli: New video at our Youtube chanel

01.07.2011

Roland Szentpali talks about which Melton-Meinl Weston instruments he's using and also explains why. ...

Gerhard A. Meinl again Chairman of Peak Organization of Music Enterprises

31.01.2011

The General Manager of the brasswind instruments manufacturer B & S GmbH (Ltd.) in Markneukirchen/Vogtland and up to now 1st president of the Federal Association of German Producers of Musical instruments (BDMH) used to be one of the co-founders of the Peak organization of German Musical Economy (DVMV). ...

Visitors from Italy

22.12.2010

We were glad to welcome Davide Borgonovi at the Wenzel Meinl GmbH, professor for tuba at the Academy of Music "Nicoló Piccinni" in Bari (Italy). ...

International competition for brasswind ensembles

12.11.2010

As the famous and much sought-after ensemble competition for brass instruments was finished last weekend, many musicians from all over the world used the opportunity to make a stop on their way at the B & S / MELTON Showrooms of the House of Music of Wenzel Meinl. ...

B&S Special prize at the 15th artists competition

05.10.2010

Twenty seven participants from all over the world met at the "Janácek" Brünn Academy of Arts, e.g. from Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, Sweden, Hungary, France, Singapore and China, just to name some nations. In the first round the young tuba students had to demonstrate their abilities by playing Paul Hindemith’s "Sonata", Anthony Plog’s "3 miniatures" and Dmitri Shostakovich’s "Adagio" from the ballet "The light rivulet". ...

Melton "on duty" for the Bundeswehr

21.09.2010

The musicians of the training musical corps of the Bundeswehr Hilden had a long way to got to visit the company Wenzel Meinl GmbH at Upper Bavaria. After an eight hours trip they arrived full of expectation, looking forward to the new MELTON masterpiece baritone horn MWB34 and the flugelhorn MWF12. ...