That is not correct. I'm not sure what you mean by "stops" - if you mean
"Partials" you have it backwards - only brass instruments have partials.
Regardless, the determination of instrument types is by how the sound itself
is generated. For brass instruments - the players lips vibration creates
the sound. This is how you play a Shofar (when I was a child - a big day
for me was when for the first time I beat the Rabbi's son in a
Shofar-blowing competition - after I started taking trombone lessons).

On a woodwind instrument - the sound is created by some part of the
instrument vibrating. On modern instruments - with the exception of the
flute this would be a reed (for a flute it's the vibrations caused by the
wind crossing its mouthpiece

A saxophone - for example - while made of brass is a woodwind instrument.

As I have been taught (by some very good teachers) - for a brass player - we
are creating the sound itself. The instrument only amplifies the sound.
This is a good thing - because we're not constantly in search of a good
reed. Most sax/clarinet players will tell you if they get one or two in a
box of 20 - they are happy.

Slyde

-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:dean_kimes@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:32 PM
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Actually it is more correct for it to be a wind instrument. Brass
instruments all have stops, wind instruments do not necessarily have them.

Kit

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel P. Sniderman [mailto:fuzzbone@...]
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 3:50 PM
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