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Hornmasters: Cousins on Mouthpieces

Farquharson Cousins in On Playing the Horn opens his discussion of mouthpieces with this most interesting statement. A box of mouthpieces is a fascinating possession...

Hornmasters: Berv on Mouthpieces

Famed New York freelancer Harry Berv was clearly an experienced teacher, and has a number of thoughts on mouthpieces in A Creative Approach to...

Hornmasters: Yancich on Mouthpieces

In A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing Milan Yancich notes with regard to mouthpieces that Special care should be taken in the selection of...

Hornmasters: Schuller on Mouthpieces

Gunther Schuller was certainly aware of The Art of French Horn Playing, and also chose to start his 1962 publication Horn Technique with the...

Hornmasters: Farkas on Mouthpieces

Philip Farkas chose to begin The Art of French Horn Playing with a discussion of mouthpieces and horns. As this was his starting point,...

Why was the Valve Invented?

A question that comes up periodically is that of why was the valve invented. There is a myth that is repeated often that they...

The Words of the Great Horn Players are not Infallible Words

We have some very thoughtful commentators on Horn Matters. University of Iowa horn professor Jeffrey Agrell wrote a great comment in reply to my...

Tips on Auditioning for a Summer Festival (or anything else)

Yet more very timely insider information on taking auditions, in a post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dated 3/25/05. Another little project for...

How to Make All-State — Insider Tips

Lurking in the archive are two posts from my original HTML blog that remain very timely. Written in a period when I heard a...

Bad Page Turns: A Thing of the Past!

Or at least they should be. Over the long weekend I spent quite a bit of time working on Finale files for a new...