They sat in the chairs, raised a battery of brass, and became, as one, the Hot 8 Brass Band: three trombones, three trumpets, a bass drum, a snare, Dr. White's clarinet, and a sousaphone, whose roar I could feel in my marrow.
Brass Knuckles will do the trick, if your Unarmed skill is raised a bit (30 or 40 should do).
It was the standard-issue Zion Pointe model, verdigris with a stylized Hebrew shalom in raised brass, half painted over by a careless brush.
Mr. and Mr. Wastberg have filled the house with Swedish furniture and artifacts, ranging from a 1748 tall case clock with raised pewter fretwork against a brass field to modernist works by the designer Josef Frank, who fled to Sweden from Austria in the 1930's to escape the Nazis.
An attempt to raise the atmosphere with a brass band playing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" outside Wembley's main entrance before kick-off smacked more of irony than entertainment given the low-key build up and the fare that followed.
Written and directed by Aussie David Michod (the terrific gangster film Animal Kingdom), it lobs a grenade at the American military, specifically the behemoth of the title that masterminds ventures into foreign countries, raising the brass to lofty heights while whacking the little guys, soldiers and civilians alike.
Whether Dahl's Oompa-Loompas were derived from the oompah-pahs of brass instruments or Karl Marx's lumpenproletariat is of little consequence aged nine, but now raises an eyebrow.
The master bedroom, which has a balcony with panoramic city views, has a raised platform for the bed and a brass wall that includes a gas fireplace.
Instead you get a trim coat in black cashmere with a raised collar and a row of 12 brass buttons.
A raised area with 8 or 10 tables, set off by a brass rail, gives the room a pleasing terraced look.
