Myers, Arnold, 1944-

Former Professor of organology and senior professorial fellow at the Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh.  Now Professor Emeritus in the University of Edinburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Arnold Myers completed his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh with research into acoustically based techniques for taxonomic classification of brass instruments. He has contributed articles to the 'New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments' and chapters for the books 'The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments' and 'The British Brass Band: a Musical and Social History'. He teaches as a Professor in the University of Edinburgh and is a Research Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He serves as Vice-President of the Council of Association RIdIM, (Répertoire International d'Iconographie Musicale) and as Vice-President of the Galpin Society (for the study of musical instruments). He is Curator Emeritus of the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments and was the recipient the 2007 Curt Sachs Award of the American Musical Instrument Society.

Trombonist and player of most brass instruments.  Member of the Edinburgh Renaissance Band.

• Arnold Myers