SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Questions’

From the Mailbag: A Horn Curriculum

PUBLISHED: August 31, 2010, John Ericson

A question came in from a reader who is enrolled in a horn pedagogy class, and I asked if I could answer it publically as I think the answer might be of some general interest out there, a request he was happy to grant. Cutting in a ways into the original E-mail he notes that [...]

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From the Mailbag: My Water Key is Worthless

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2009, Bruce Hembd

QUESTION: I must be a total idiot, but I cannot get my spit valves to work on any horn I have tried. It seems that if I wait until I have “water-noises”, then open one or both valves and blow soft, medium, or hard, then it doesn’t seem to work. I end up with water [...]

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From the Mailbag: Why Do I Sound So Good On a New Mouthpiece For a While, Then Crash?

PUBLISHED: September 10, 2009, Bruce Hembd

QUESTION: Twice now I’ve switched to a different mouthpiece after using another for a long time. On both occasions my tone has been better than ever for the first ten days or so, then craters for a while. I can understand the cratering, because the lip muscles are having to readjust to the new mouthpiece. [...]

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From the Mailbag: What Kind of Horn Should I Buy For My Kid?

PUBLISHED: September 9, 2009, Bruce Hembd

QUESTION: I am trying to make sense of everyone’s opinion when it comes to buying a french horn for my son, who is 16 and been playing for 7 years. One teacher says a King, another a Holton 179 another a Merker Matic, another a Hoyer 6802. The numbers and particulars don’t make sense to [...]

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From the Mailbag: Horns in the Boot

PUBLISHED: September 8, 2009, Bruce Hembd

QUESTION: Horns in a hot car? Or cold for that matter? What could possibly go wrong? ANSWER: In short, many things. When I lived in the Midwest, I would sometimes leave my horn in the trunk (that’s the boot for UK readers). Once after a particularly cold day, I noticed that a solder point had [...]

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