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Unboxing the Houghton H3, and Initial Impressions

If you follow the horn and use Facebook you probably have noted that Houghton Horns has a new line of horn mouthpieces coming out soon (more...

Brief Review: Jinbao (Chinese) Wagner Tuba

This January/February we were very pleased to receive two new Wagner tubas for use by members of the ASU horn studio! Wagner, Bruckner, Strauss,...

Review: The Kelly MDC in Lexan

In late 2012 I posted a review which I titled The Surprising Kelly MC Lexan Mouthpiece. Since that review was completed I have given the...

Brief Review: Wedge Mouthpiece

A reader who switched to the new wedge mouthpiece, and is enthusiastic about it, recently sent me his spare mouthpiece to consider for review....

Review: Horn Playing from the Inside Out. Part III, on Auditions...

The part of this book that most fully lines up with my memory of studies with Eli Epstein is Chapter 10, “Empowered Approach to...

Review: Horn Playing from the Inside Out. Part II, the Basics

One thing I really appreciate about this new publication is that Eli Epstein clearly explains an approach that is very different than that seen...

Review: Horn Playing from the Inside Out. Part I, Introduction

A new publication in 2012 was Horn Playing from the Inside Out -- A Method for All Brass Musicians by Eli Epstein. This is...

Review: The Surprising Kelly MC Lexan Mouthpiece

To tease the conclusion first, I was very pleasantly surprised by the plastic (Lexan) Kelly MC horn mouthpiece. Why a plastic mouthpiece? This past fall I...

Review: The Horns of Valhalla – Saga of the Reiter Brothers...

In a recent article where I featured a photo of hornist Xavier (Xaver) Reiter I noted that a new book was out by Norman...

Review: The “Other” Rondo of Mozart I

Among other music purchased this summer I finally picked up a copy of a 1988 publication by Edition Kunzelmann, the Rondo in D for...