When did brass instruments get valves?
When did brass instruments get valves? The first piston-valved musical instruments were developed just after the start of the 19th century. The Stölzel valve (invented by Heinrich Stölzel in 1815) was an early variety. The piston valve found in the majority of valved brass instruments was invented in 1838 and patented in 1839. Who invented valved brass instruments? Heinrich Stölzel A few rudimentary valve designs began showing up in the early 1800s, but it is Heinrich Stölzel who is credited with affixing the first documented valve to his Waldhorn (the instrument we now call the french horn) in 1814. Which...