John Ericson, 06/06/2010
From the Mailbag: Bore
Another recent question that came in had to do with bore of horns, as in what is actually meant when people say a horn is large bore? Where this gets confusing from the start is that most horns are about the same bore. Most horns today are either .468 inch, 12 millimeter, or a size [...]
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From the Mailbag: Hollow Valves
I was recently asked a question about what exactly is meant when a horn has “hollow valves.” To understand the term in a general way you first need to know how rotary valves are made. Normally the valve itself is turned and machined from a solid rod of brass. The valve itself is one piece [...]
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Hornmasters: Merewether on Right Hand Position
Richard Merewether, as a horn designer, has an interesting perspective on hand position in The horn, the horn…. In the day-to-day activity of assisting players of many nationalities and every stage of attainment in the choice of an instrument (whether of our own or other make), PAXMAN are in a unique position to have observed [...]
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The ‘real world’ may not be so bad
A typical story for post-graduate musicians these days: [Ivan] Trevino is a percussionist who just graduated with his master’s degree from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. The employment prospects for new graduates are grim. It’s a tough job market in most fields, but for musicians the options are always limited. For [...]
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Long Before Farkas: Horn Mutes and Other Advice for Brass Players from 1813
Way back in 1813 a comprehensive method book with sections on all the instruments was published, the Vollständige Theoretisch-pracktische Musikschule [Complete Theoretical-practical Music Method] of Joseph Fröhlich. The various instrument methods published inside this work are reasonably well known to scholars (they were also published separately from the full Musikschule), but as described in the [...]
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Orchestral Experience Questionnaire
This post is to help spread the word of great project related to the orchestral experience. My name is Bruce Richards. I am a professional horn player in the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège in Liège, Belgium. I have been working for the same orchestra for the past 19 years. I have been reflecting about my [...]
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Quote from Milan Yancich
You’re like a wild stallion – all talent and no discipline! The most influential teacher in my career was without a doubt Milan Yancich. With a lifetime of experience and a good spirit he instilled basic values that I still hold as true. I came to Mr. Yancich a bit raw but with lots of [...]
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