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Horn Etudes by Women Composers

Many Horn Matters readers will be familiar with the Works with Horn by Women Composers website by Dr. Lin Foulk. If not, this is...

Sabbatical, part 8: Resurrecting a Geyer

I had some options for a final major project, and then was lucky to locate the body of a vintage Geyer single horn of...

Spun Bell? Hand-Hammered Bell?

I have mentioned hand-hammered bells a number of times in this site, but surprisingly I have never really explained what the term means. All Bells...

Revisiting the Ascending Third Valve

As part of my most recent horn building project I realized that I could set up that horn as an ascending third valve instrument. Ascending...

Sabbatical part 7: A Retro Horn in F and G?

First let me say this horn came out really well! For this project I combined most of the tubing from a vintage (probably 1960s) Mirafone...

Horn Camp Connect, and other thoughts one year into “The Year of Zoom”

This past weekend I was honored to be featured for the monthly Horn Camp Connect session of the Kendall Betts Horn Camp. The video...

Sabbatical project update, and a new book on what?

In short, the second project horn is playable, and I have a new book out. To the horn first, this one as has been mentioned...

Tweaking bracing for more security

2021 has already been a long year, but I hope shapes up in the end as a good year for horn. It has been...

Sabbatical, part 5. A Gumpert Horn Reborn

The last big horn building project I had completed was in the 1990s when I was playing in Nashville, which is when I also...

PSA: Strauss 1 has No Exposition

In recent years I have seen repeated references to an “exposition” of the first Strauss horn concerto. What makes it very puzzling is the...