November 30, 2009 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General
Random Monday: Alexander, Boy Blue and Dr. Frankenstein
- Just relax
A nice article that is a good primer for the Alexander technique. If you do Alexander technique on an Alexander-brand horn, does that make it twice as good?
- Little boy blue returns
A few weeks back the Blue Boy made an appearance. Horndog has since found an honest-to-goodness blue horn.
- Kids and horns
Over at Camp Creek Blog, children draw musical instruments, including a cool-looking French horn rendering.
- George plays his horn
Scroll down a bit on this page to see George Groves, a pioneer in Hollywood sound design, and his horn.
- The man likes to tinker
A repairman goes all Dr. Frankenstein on brass body parts and gets some neat looking monsters.
- At the flick of a finger
A nice Flickr album of old horns and nicely painted horn bells.
- Way back when…
Back in the old days my first French horn was a King. This old King ad was fun to find.
- More and more.
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