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Parody: The Oath of the Triple Horn

Learning to play a musical instrument takes a lot of work, dedication and perseverance. Looking at a parallel example from Western art, there is...

Anatomical Update: Summer 2011

Since I am taking time off from playing the French horn, the practice space in my home office has morphed quite a bit since...

5 Quotations on Work and Success

A few years ago when Horn Matters first launched, we had a random quotation feature that appeared at the top of the site. After...

Ask Dave: How to Prepare an Instrument for Shipping

Using the following method I have had a near-100% success rate for shipping horns safely. It is an expensive method, both in terms of...

That Audition was Rigged! What a Joke!

At one time I was very active in taking orchestral auditions, and when I heard about a younger colleague's recent adventures it brought back...

Taking Time Off from the Horn

As suggested by the pictorial piece last Friday of a horn case going into a closet, I am taking some time off from the...

Ask Dave: Long-term Storage for a Brass Instrument

It's the summer and you might be putting your horn away for a few months. Or, perhaps you have more than one horn and...

Where the Wild Things Are? In the Closet…

It may be just a week or it may be as long as a month, but that time of year is here. It is...

On Breaking the Rules and the 60-Minute Practice Session

To a certain degree we learn methods and rules in order to forget about them later and move on to other things. In "More on...