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This is a golden age for French horns

At the end of my recent article looking at Lechniuk horns I commented that We kind of forget what a golden age of horn production...

Windmills of the Mind

Noise pollution A new study indicates that French horn players are in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss. This risk for horn players is reported as the...

Six things of value

Last week I took a road trip to New Mexico in order to take care of some business, and also to get some work...

Hornist Motivations: Bucket Lists, etc.

A post yesterday on the Hornisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Facebook page brought to mind a point worth making about motivations for horn players. The specific post...

Verne Reynolds, man with a hobby

One way to know someone is by their hobbies. The name of Verne Reynolds should be familiar to Horn Matters readers, as Bruce and...

From the Mailbag: What Does It Take to “Make It”

This question was so beautifully written that I will leave it exactly as it came in: Hi there! I'm a Junior in high school, and...

The Benefits of Being a Thankful Hornist

With this being the Thanksgiving holiday it is a good day to look briefly at the topic of being a thankful hornist. Many have...

Ask Dave: What your Horn Says about You When You are...

Often, when working on a horn the wear and tear tell me a lot about how a horn is handled, used, cared for, and...

‘Listening’ with Your Whole Body

Hearing music is not necessarily limited to the ears. Take for example musician, composer and speaker Evelyn Glennie. Ms. Glennie has been profoundly - not completely -...

Turning Points

One turning point we horn players have in common is we all decided at some point to play and keep playing the French horn....