Trumpet world mourns its hub
RIPWe 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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