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A Little Lady on an Old Conn Tenor Horn

PUBLISHED: September 28, 2008, John Ericson
Conn E-flat alto

I recently had the chance to try this old Conn alto (tenor) horn in E-flat that was borrowed by ASU from the U of A for possible use in a brass band project. One thing that has always intrigued me about old instruments is the engravings, which were all done by hand by master engravers. [...]

Oddities: What a Pisser!

PUBLISHED: August 22, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Building a better mousetrap? I first found this picture at Ilkka Talvi’s schmaltzuberalles.blogspot.com. It also can be found at many other web sites. I found no copyright information but nevertheless under the guise of “fair use,” I am posting it here. Talavi maintains a very good blog with excellent and varied content. It does have [...]

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Horn in E-flat Means What?

PUBLISHED: March 14, 2008, John Ericson

One topic that has come up for me as a question a number of times over the years is that of horn in E-flat. As in, why are the parts in E-flat? They could be in E-flat for a number of reasons. If it is old enough music, pretty much anything that you run into [...]

The Tenor Horn/Alto Horn FAQ

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2008, John Ericson

Over the years many times I have been asked to explain a few details about E-flat tenor and alto horns to others. In response to this need I have added A Tenor Horn/Alto Horn FAQ to Horn Articles Online. I also lately, since the completion of my mellophone book, have been playing tenor horn fairly [...]

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The Solo Alto

PUBLISHED: December 14, 2007, John Ericson
Lyon and Healy solo alto

I have long been interested in horn history. My main website is well known for its horn history resources and I am sure has been a destination for many people writing research papers lately. My very first research paper, as a high school senior, was on Adolphe Sax and the Saxhorn. The Saxhorn, speaking generally, [...]

A Tale of Two Middle Brass Mouthpieces

PUBLISHED: July 7, 2007, John Ericson

During my Doctoral studies at Indiana University I had two minor fields in my degree program, one being music history and the second being a special minor in brass instrument design and construction. One project for the special minor was making a natural horn from an old Couesnon mellophone bell with the help of Richard [...]

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