The Society has become the principal forum for scholarly research in the field of historic brass instruments, their music, composers and performers.
Members of the Society include scholars, teachers, professional and amateur performers, students, instrument collectors, museum curators, and others.
The Historic Brass Journal is a scholarly peer-reviewed publication that has published articles ranging from Antiquity through to the twentieth century and early jazz, written by leading authorities, including Don Smithers, Edward H. Tarr, Reine Dahlqvist, Herbert Heyde, Keith Polk, Renato Meucci, Trevor Herbert, and many others.
Its international staff and contributors consists of scholars, performer-scholars, collectors and amateurs from the full range of the Society's Membership.
The Society's website contains additional news items, articles, reviews and interviews These include articles on instrument collections and an ongoing series on early brass instrument makers and their work, as well as reviews of CDs, music, and books, and the extensive News of the Field section, as well as real-time discussion groups.