The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tombac \Tom"bac\, n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tamb[=a]ga copper; cf. Skr. t[=a]mraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German brass or Dutch brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and tambac.]
Wikipedia
German Brass is a brass ensemble, founded 1974 as a Brass Quintet by Enrique Crespo, named "Deutsches Blechbläserquintett – Solobläser deutscher Spitzenorchester" (German Brass Quintet – Soloists of German top level orchestras).
In 1985, to record the CD "Bach 300" ( Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685) the group was extended by Enrique Crespo to ten performers. The group is well known as the best performing professional brass ensemble in Germany. More than twenty CDs and two DVDs have been recorded to date. German Brass musicians are members of major German symphony orchestras and/or are professors at university schools of music.
The current members are:
Trumpets:
- Matthias Höfs
- Uwe Köller
- Werner Heckmann
- Christoph Baerwind
Trombones:
- Alexander Erbrich-Crawford
- Uwe Füssel
French horns
- Wolfgang Gaag
- Klaus Wallendorf
Tuba:
- Stefan Ambrosius
Usage examples of "german brass".
Although we're still a long way from Aberdeen the German brass-hats in Norway may well be making a decision as to whether or not to try to stop us again.