Musik Amrein

Musik Amrein was a German manufacturer of brass instruments based in Lübeck, producing instruments under the brand name Amrein handmade and offering accessories under the brand AMR. The company was known for making its trumpets, flugelhorns, cornets and trombones entirely by hand, and many models were built only to order. Its instruments carried a silver emblem of the Lübeck Holstentor as a distinguishing mark of the Amrein handmade series. Among its products, Amrein bass trombones were regarded as high-quality instruments of their kind made in Germany, in particular because of an innovative valve construction developed in-house. In 1991 the company's tenor trombone, model No. 9e, received the German Musical Instrument Prize (Deutscher Musikinstrumentenpreis) awarded by the Federal Ministry of Economics. In 2013 Musik Amrein produced the first trombone bells made of carbon, a lightweight high-tech material weighing 20% less than brass, which allowed easier handling of the instrument and more comfortable playing. The company was also the only supplier experimenting with titanium coatings for brass instruments and accessories, and it offered the titanium coating of mouthpieces as a service. Musik Amrein ceased operations in 2016 when the company's founders retired. Its former website is preserved through an Internet Archive memento dated 4 May 2016.

Musik Amrein was a brass instrument manufacturer based in Lübeck, Germany. It produced instruments under the brand Amrein handmade and supplied accessories under the brand AMR. The product range included trumpets, flugelhorns, cornets and trombones, all made exclusively by hand. Many models were produced only to order. A silver emblem of the Lübeck Holstentor served as the identifying mark of the Amrein handmade instrument series. Amrein bass trombones were counted among the high-quality instruments of their kind made in Germany (and thus worldwide), particularly because of an innovative valve construction developed internally. In 1991 the company's tenor trombone, model No. 9e, was awarded the German Musical Instrument Prize (Deutscher Musikinstrumentenpreis) by the Federal Ministry of Economics. In 2013 Musik Amrein produced the first trombone bells made of carbon; the lightweight high-tech material weighs 20% less than brass and allows optimal handling of the instrument and comfortable playing. Amrein was also the only supplier experimenting with titanium coatings for brass instruments and accessories, and it offered the titanium coating of mouthpieces as a service. In 2016 the company ended operations when its founders retired. Its former website is preserved as an Internet Archive memento dated 4 May 2016.

• 2016

  Company ceased operations as founders retired.

• 2013

  Produced the first trombone bells made of carbon.

• 1991

  Tenor trombone model No. 9e awarded the German Musical Instrument Prize by the Federal Ministry of Economics.

Handcrafted, high-quality German brass instruments, often made to order, with innovative valve and material technologies.

• Trumpets

• Flugelhorns

• Cornets

• Trombones

• Bass trombones

• Tenor trombone model No. 9e

• Carbon trombone bells

• Titanium-coated mouthpieces

• AMR accessories

1. 1Musik Amrein – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Musik Amrein – Wikidatawikidata.org