The Brass Ark is a specialist professional music shop launched by trombonist, Noah Gladstone in 2010. The Brass Ark is dedicated to the appreciation, collection, restoration and sales of vintage and used brasswind instruments as well as designing, collaborating and curating the finest and most special new brasswind instruments from exclusive makers around the globe. It was with this goal in mind, to offer a unique place where brass enthusiasts could buy, sell, consign and trade and learn about these rare horns and accessories, represented by a seller who is not only an expert and enthusiast himself in the field of vintage brasswinds, but also a professional musician and experienced seller. Located at our brick and mortar store in Los Angeles, California, hours are by appointment only. You've reached our online website!

The Brass Ark offers Consignment Services, appraisals, repairs, trade ins and purchases used horns of the highest quality. If you have a brass instrument you'd like to have represented, appraised or just have a question about it, please have a look at my consignment page in the link above or Send me an email

The Brass Ark offers repairs and custom work at The Brass Medic, a full repair shop headed up by brass craftsman and superb trombonist, Brad Close, and located in our shared storefront space. Our famous leadpipes are made here, in-house. Hours are by appointment.

In the Used Instruments For Sale section of this website, you will find the best selection of used trumpet, used trombone, used french horn, and used tubas as well as a variety of brasswind oddities on the internet. The items I represent on this website can be new, demo, vintage, used, restored or anything in between. As a professional brass player myself, I do my best to represent these instruments honestly and strive to send them out in playable condition. I will not sell an instrument I wouldn't take to a gig myself. I update the website as frequently as possible with lots of photos showing a true depiction of the item. I don't have online ordering and I don't plan on having it for a variety of reasons... most importantly because I enjoy learning about you, your music, and your history. If you see something you like Send me an email and tell me a little bit about yourself. I'll do my best to help you through the process of purchasing a musical instrument over the internet, which can be quite a daunting task!

The Museum is where I display my collection of brass instrument. You will find photos and descriptions of the instruments in my personal collection. Much like Jay Leno's car collection, I try to use them on various performances and not just have them be in the collection.

In the Journal portion of my site I will write about new instruments or interesting people I come across in this business, post photos of other musician’s instruments and information I collect that I think will be interest to my readers. My hope is that this section of the website could be a great resource for people looking to learn more about the world of brass instruments.