Filed under: News | Tags: A UK Brass specialist, acoustical engineering, Artisan, ‘Superfly’, BBC Philharmonic, bells, bespoke lead pipes, Bobby Shew, choosing and maintaining an instrument, Cinnamon Club, cornets, Cryogenic resonance restoration, custom range of brass design, Dolphin Music, expertise in instrumental academy seminars, fine tuning brass, fine tuning brass and woodwind instruments, flugels, Hallé, Ian Bousfield, instrument advice, instrumental connoisseurs, instrumental design, instrumental needs of wind musicians, Jigs Wigham, Leeds College of Music, live music in the North West, Matt & Phreds, Mouthpieces, music industry, Peter King, Peter Pollard, Pollard MOT, Pollard trumpets, Pollard valve oil, region’s live-music industry, repairs, Royal Northern College of Music, Snake Davis, Star spa treatments for trumpets, ultrasonic cleaning, valve alignment, Valve oil, world’s leading craftsmen
Peter Pollard
With 40 years working in the music industry worldwide, his knowledge and experience stocks a comprehensive music store, the one stop shop for instrument advice, repairs, new and second-hand sales. Peter’s apprenticeships with some of the world’s leading craftsmen in Britain, the United States and Canada, have given him a thorough working knowledge of acoustical engineering and instrumental design creating a unique understanding of the instrumental needs of wind musicians. No longer will instrumental connoisseurs have to go to London when choosing and maintaining an instrument, when all their needs can be met in Manchester.
A true Artisan, Peter has been fine tuning brass and woodwind instruments for musicians of the leading ensembles and institutions for many years, the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Northern College of Music and Leeds College of Music and passing on his expertise in instrumental academy seminars in Scandinavia and Europe.
A UK Brass specialist, Peter’s skills have led to a growing demand for his custom range of brass design and parts, trumpets, flugels, cornets, bespoke lead pipes, bells, cork parts and mouthpieces. An exponent of 5 Star spa treatments for trumpets, a Pollard MOT involves deep freeze Cryogenic resonance restoration, ultrasonic cleaning, valve alignment and the application of his own patented valve oil ‘Superfly’ with a unique cleaning agent to ensure agile acrobatics when playing. ‘Superfly’ has now been licensed for distribution in the United States and Europe. Peter is the figure driving the sponsorship masterclasses and live music in the North West ,attracting stars such as Bobby Shew, Snake Davis, Ian Bousfield, Jigs Wigham and Peter King, the Comedy Store, Liverpool’s the Cavern Club,Cinnamon Club,Matt & Phreds, and the Hallé, breath of fresh air for the region’s live-music industry.
peter.pollard@dolphinmusic.co.uk
pollardtrumpets@hotmail.com
Filed under: Artist Profiles | Tags: Bobby Shew, Charlie Parker Sextet, Herb Geller, Mark Gilbanks, Maynard Ferguson, Orchestra, Quaffers Theatre Club, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the West Coast alto sax legend., Wayne Bergeron, Wigan Jazz Festivals, Woody Herman, yamaha artists, Yamaha YTR-8335LA
Mark formed his Orchestra in 1986 and since then has featured some of the world’s most famous musicians, including the American trumpet superstar Maynard Ferguson, Bobby Shew, former member of the Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and Louis Belson Orchestras, Phil Wilson – now lecturer at Berkeley College USA, Teddy Edwards, formerly a member of the Charlie Parker Sextet, and Herb Geller, the West Coast alto sax legend.
The Orchestra has played at Hayfield and Wigan Jazz Festivals and in many well-known venues including ‘Band on the Wall’ in Manchester, and at sell-out concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Quaffers Theatre Club and at the Carlton Ballroom, playing music of the Big Band era for dancing.
The Mark Gillbanks Band
is a function band which was formed in 1988 and can be a four to ten piece band depending upon requirements. The band play many styles of music from modern Pop Music, Rock and Roll, Motown and 60’s Music to Standards and Dance Music.
