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Geyer Update: Engravings, Serial Numbers, and More

I could also have titled this article “Things I got wrong” in the Geyer Dreaming series (which starts here), or the related article published...

Revisiting the Art of French Horn on LP Records

The past year the vast majority of my actual classical music listening has been to LP records. With the recent passing of Hermann Baumann...

Brief Review: The Horn. The Book You Need

To open this brief review, I’ll start with a money quote: The Horn by Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti is the most significant book on...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Well Duh!?! and More

Continuing our look at accuracy and the letters D and E, our first topic is the descant horn, which can certainly help accuracy in...

AI Recordings of Mozart Horn Concertos

This year I've been listening mostly to LP recordings in my office. In my collection, I have a number of different Mozart concerto recordings,...

Vienna Horns, part II: Playing this Vienna Horn

In Part I (here) I mentioned that I only recently have had the opportunity to play a Vienna horn that, to my feeling of...

Vienna Horns, part I: What is (and isn’t) a Vienna Horn

Astute readers of Horn Matters might have noticed that I have rarely written about Vienna horns. Not that there is no content, but relative...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Centering and More

We now come to the letter C. There are several entries under the letter C in the book draft, thoughts to consider that will...

More Memes for Horn Players and Teachers

Some more memes from my fall meme project. Brief comments after each one. My story with Kopprasch 1. You? This is a quote from the Farquarson...

Memes: Updated Verne Reynolds Memes

Back in 2014 I posted an article (here) comprised of "Hornist Hamster" memes that were all Verne Reynolds quotes. It is kind of a...