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A golden clam for a great web site.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably have heard of Robin Moffatt’s hornplayer.net web site.
For you lowly fungi that may have indeed been living under a rock, hornplayer.net is a tremendous resource that excels in a few, very content-rich areas.
For sale
First, and probably foremost to many is the free classifieds section. Long before CraigsList became all the rage here in the U.S., Mr. Moffatt (in the U.K.) had established hornplayer.net as a primary destination for French horn sales and purchases.
Whenever a student asks me where to shop for a used horn, hornplayer.net is high on my list of recommendations. The interface is clean and simple-to-comprehend, which is most likely a big part of what makes this area so popular.
Horn list archive
Another section that I refer to often is the Information Archive.
Over a three-year period, Mr. Moffatt cataloged and alphabetized key discussions from the Memphis.edu horn discussion list. This period archived by Mr. Moffatt was active — punctuated with very lively and informative discussions.
Other areas of interest:
- French horn teachers database
- The bizarre rise and fall of the Veneklasen horn
- Walter Hecht’s Significa (which are currently unavailable)
Take a look around… you just might find references to both myself and Dr. Ericson!
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#1 by Lucas Workman on 02/10/2010 - 1:37 PM
I also think the section listings should get a mention. It’s always interesting to see what everyone plays on and not to mention it’s a good tool to remember names.
#2 by Bruce Hembd on 02/10/2010 - 3:08 PM
Good point about remembering names. In a new city or maybe even at a convention, it is always good to know who is who.
#3 by Chris T. on 02/11/2010 - 8:45 AM
I think a lot of take for granted the great service Hornplayer.net does! I have bought and sold nearly all of my horns and accessories via hornplayer.net and teh section listing is a great tool to get an idea of who is playing what and where.
It also goes without saying that this is basically the central place on the web to buy and sell horns and it is free (although I think a few $$ donation after thousands of $ sale is reasonable esp if they host your pics). Heck, many times ebay and IHS listings are nearly all double listings of something on hornplayer.net It is a great way to get an idea how much a horn is worth.
Wouldn’t mind if there was an update to the site that allowed you to get updates as each horn is added, since the email updates that go out sporadically are often already out dated by the time enough horns are added to inspire an update. Nonetheless, the site is one of my favs:)
#4 by Robin Moffatt on 02/15/2010 - 12:34 PM
Hi,
Thanks for the review, and subsequent comments too.
Just a couple of responses:
1) The Significa is not unavailable – it’s just that a handful of them are. Most are present.
2) To Chris T’s point about instant updates, there is a mailing list for this purpose here: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpn_new_adverts/
One of the (many) things on my to-do list for the site is RSS feeds and twitter feeds.
Best wishes to all,
Robin.
#5 by Chris T. on 02/18/2010 - 9:03 AM
Excellent, had no idea it existed! All signed up:)