Trumpet world mourns its hub

Trumpet world mourns its hub

RIP

norman lebrecht

December 25, 2022

We have been notified of the death of Hub Van Laar, the famed Dutch trumpet maker. He was 58.

Among thousands of creations – some 300 a year, he estimated – he fashioned a made-to-measure trumpet for Ibrahim Maalouf, specifically for the quarter-tones in his compositions. And another for Jon Lewis in Star Wars.

All components for his instruments were sourced in the Netherlands and Germany.

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