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What is that Horn in the YouTube Symphony Horn Master Class Video?

PUBLISHED: November 11, 2010, John Ericson

Auditions are coming soon for the 2011 edition of the YouTube Symphony (more information here), and as a service to those looking to audition there are a series of master class videos on the required excerpts presented and performed by principal players of the London Symphony. The full series of brass clips are here, and [...]

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Video: An Intense Compensating Triple

PUBLISHED: November 3, 2009, John Ericson

A Facebook friend sent me a link to this video of Tchaik 5. The Principal is using a very unique looking horn which I will describe in a moment. The horn itself is a compensating triple that looks almost completely foreign to our eyes. It has “single story” valves (like are used on a single [...]

What is a Compensating Double?

PUBLISHED: December 17, 2008, John Ericson

Over the years a number of times the topic of what is a compensating horn has come up for me a number of times. In the early years of the use of the double horn this type of horn saw much use. A few posts ago I had links to 1930 Kruspe catalog illustrations. They [...]

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on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.