In the past few years there have been several studies that measure how wind instruments spread aerosols. The information has been used to create guidelines for orchestra and band rehearsals, where ...

Playing a wind instrument has been proposed as a potential trigger of respiratory illness if harmful microorganisms residing in the instrument are repeatedly inhaled. Case reports suggest that ...

Orchestral ensembles have faced many challenges when starting to perform again during the COVID pandemic, and contamination is a chief concern: specifically, whether wind instruments are vectors of ...

The instruments thus act as a filter for larger particles. However, wind music is not harmless for the musicians and the audience from an infection protection point of view. This is due to the fact ...

The pandemic of COVID-19 has forced many countries to shut down major parts of their public life, including the music business. Virus-laden aerosols exhaled by infectious persons are a potential ...