Last September, I wrote about wood carver Rob Jones; his rendering in wood of a single F Jupiter model French horn was truly impressive.
A new video has surfaced which details the makings of this wooden horn.
In a progression of photos, we see that Mr. Jones actually hollowed out the slides, made valves and also added braces and many other fine details.
Amazing!
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#1 by Lucas Workman on 01/29/2010 - 1:30 PM
Wow. That is incredible. The patience and the skill to make that is just astonishing. I wonder if it plays or not. That would be an interesting sound to say the least.
#2 by Bruce Hembd on 01/29/2010 - 4:01 PM
My guess would be no, it does not play.
But – the fact that he took the time for that kind of detail is to be respected.
Not to mention that the entire piece is probably not too heavy. It would look great mounted on my wall if anyone is interested in a donation.
#3 by Bruce Hembd on 01/29/2010 - 4:06 PM
See this YouTube video … makes one wonder … it sounds terrible but it puts the possibility of the wooden horn making at least a noise into the realm of possibility.
#4 by Sandra on 01/29/2010 - 11:32 PM
The Swiss already knew, in a way.
#5 by John Ericson on 01/30/2010 - 6:09 AM
That is one very intense wood carving, I would love to see that horn in person.
#6 by rob craven on 02/13/2010 - 2:34 PM
absolute work of art…thanks for sharing