Stephens Brass Instruments

03/31/2026

OMG! It’s here! It’s here!!!!! My Stephens is HHHEEEEERRRREEEEEE!!! 🎉📯💃🏻📯🎉

01/13/2026

If you'd like to hear what the new Stephens bass trombone can sound like, check out this video from the amazing Chuck Morris. (You should also subscribe to his YouTube channel!)

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01/12/2026

04/23/2025

From Gabe Rice, the proud new owner of a Stephens bass trombone...

"This instrument is so easy to play it almost practices itself...but it's so much fun to play I don't want to put it down! Steve has pulled off the seemingly impossible: the valves feel the same in every combination, the transitions are smooth and transparent, and they're open without hogging air. At the same time, the entire range of the instrument is so easy and efficient that my colleagues noticed more ring in the upper register immediately. I can play longer phrases, faster and smoother slurs, and a wider range of dynamics, colors, and articulations. I couldn't be happier!"

10/02/2024

Congratulations to Finn Tondro, the latest addition to the Stephens family! Proud owner of our Series 1 #35, he's going to rattle the walls of Sanders Theatre this weekend playing Mahler 3 with The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Break a leg, Finn - we're happy for you!!

07/12/2023

In spite of my best intentions, I won’t be attending the International Trombone Festival this year, but two of my new trombones will be available to try at The Brass Ark booth. As a one-man operation, my first commitment is to those who’ve been waiting patiently for their Stephens trombone, and preparing for the ITF and being away from the shop would cause them to wait longer. I look forward to seeing all of you at the next show, and you can always send me your questions at [email protected]

05/21/2023

I’m in the process of forgetting to mow the lawn. 😀

12/19/2022

12/17/2022

Greg Spiridopoulos spreads Christmas cheer with his Stephens VB model trombone. https://www.umass.edu/music/member/gregory-spiridopoulos

09/08/2022

Stephen's Horns at The World Games!

Here's another fun thing that happened this summer, at the World Games in Birmingham. My friend Cynthia Simpson Chambless and I were both playing Stephen's Horns.

Stephen Shires, that Jumbotron ad must have cost a fortune!

Seriously though, Horn players! If you want to try one of these amazing horns I will have several of them in the shop here at Custom Brass very soon.