March 30, 2008 by John Ericson
Archived under: Natural horn
Video: Making a Natural Horn
A video link just went around one of the horn lists. There is no narration but the video does show the process of making a natural horn. I did every step in the process he shows and more with the help of Richard Seraphinoff when I made the natural horn seen in my natural horn page.
One other note. Lately I have had several students working on a short natural horn project for the horn repertoire class. One comment all make is how light a natural horn feels in the hands. If you have never tried playing a natural horn, it really is quite interesting, give it a try.
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