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Top Links
- hornsociety.org
- British Horn Society Dedicated to the art, craft and fun of horn playing.
- Hornplayer.net Free classifieds, 300 page information archive, Walter Hecht’s Significa, section listings, and more by Robin Moffatt.
- Embouchures.com Hornist Lucinda Lewis shares information for brass players suffering with embouchure problems or lip injuries.
- YouTube: the Horn Channel Interesting, entertaining, educational and of great historic value. This is a collection of short videos by Ifor James, Hans Pizka and Greg Cass.
- Horn Excerpts A collection of horn excerpts presented as they appear in the original parts and performed in context by various orchestras. Compiled and created by Daren Robbins.
- Horn Articles Online A large collection of information on horn playing and horn history by Advisory Council member John Ericson.
- American Horn Quartet News, information and schedule for the American Horn Quartet.
- Horn Central many categories of web links
- IMSLP International Music Score Library Project. An online repository for musical score that are in the public domain.
- hornhistory.com by Kayla Nelson. Includes comprehensive timelines of instrumental development, repertoire, pedagogy, and performers.
- The Natural Horn Today
- The Jazz Horn This site is a labor of love by Harlan Feinstein, and lists in concise horn just about everyone who’s anyone in the jazz horn world, plus a good jazz horn discography.
- History of the Horn Mute
Makers and Accessories
- Paxman Musical Instruments
- Alexander, Gebr.
- Hatch Horns – Custom Geyer-style horns made by Wes Hatch
- Hoyer, Hans
- Lawson Brass Instruments
- Medlin Horns
- Moosewood – Manufacturer of custom screw-rim mouthpieces and specialty items for the horn.
- Natural Horns by Richard Seraphinoff
- Patterson Hornworks
- Schmid, Engelbert
- Sorley’s Horn Shop – Maker of handcrafted custom F/Bb double horns and leadpipes. Supplier of Marcus Bonna Instrument Cases and horn repair specialist.
- C.G. Conn Musical Instruments
- Gazley Horn Pencil Clip
- Leather Specialities Company makes excellent leather hand guards
- BERP= Buzz Extension and Resistance Piece. Enables mouthpiece buzzing with the mouthpiece in position on the instrument.
- Mouthpiece pressure adapter – “Teaches low-pressure playing.
- Valve Casing Weights
- Soft Stands offers a “radical new approach to French Horn Stands.
- ChopSaver Lip Balm
- Buzz Pipe
- Halstead Buzz-Buddy
- Just-a-Pipe
- Mouthpiece Pressure Training Device – available from Thompson Editions, made by Gebr. Alexander. Fits between mouthpiece and leadpipe; lets air escape if maximum desired pressure is exceeded.
- Etymotic – Earplugs™ that reduce sound levels 20 dB without distorting speech and music
- The Clebsch Strap
- Braceguard – “Lip protection for musicians and all brace patients.”
- Adjustable Hand Rest
- Paxman-Halstead-Chidell Mouthpieces
- Laskey Mouthpieces
- Moosewood – Custom horn mouthpieces
- Stork - Custom mouthpieces.
- Thompson Edition Mouthpieces
- Houser Horn Mouthpieces
- Curry Horn Mouthpieces
- Marcinkiewicz Inc.
- L’Olifant Paris – Mouthpieces
- Kelly Mouthpieces
- Bobcat Mouthpiece Puller
- French Horn Mouthpiece Repair Tool
- MB Cases
- CardoCases
- Horn Guys offers fine horn cases made by Glenn Cronkhite, Marcus Bonna, Bags of Spain, Protec, and Walt Johnson.
- FineCases.com
- Pro Tec
- Perp Cases
- Balu Mutes
- Dani Reynolds Custom Painted Mutes
- John Kowalchuk Mutes
- Yamaha Silent Brass Mute
- TrumCor Mutes
- Marcus Bonna straight mute
Care & Maintenance
- How to Dismantle a Valve – excellent photo guide to taking valves apart and removing rotors for cleaning, courtesy of Finke Horns.
- How to Clean Brass Instruments
- Why Do My Valves Click? – by Bob Osmun
- French Horn Maintenance – courtesy Gracewinds Music
- French Horn Care & Maintenance – video courtesy PM Music Center
- Horn Maintenance Video – BBC Symphony Orchestra principal Nick Korth demonstrates basic horn maintenance in this BBC video tutorial (for the first half; second half is warm-up tips).
- Rotary Valve Maintenance and Stringing a Rotary Valve and Ball and Socket Action or String Mechanism
- Rotary Valve Care – courtesy of Richard Barth
- Care of Your Horn – A downloadable pdf file by Alexander Mainz horn makers on horn maintenance, with a heavy emphasis on Alexander products. Has some good diagrams.
- Horn Care & Maintenance – excellent illustrated article by Paxman
- Rotary Valve Maintenance – article by expert Bob Osmun
- Care and Maintenance of Brass Instruments – short article by Johnny Paul’s Music Shop
- French Horn Maintenance Manual - by Yamaha
- Brass Instrument Maintenance – 40 page pdf file courtesy BIRP. Horns are p. 25-32
- Stringing a Rotary Valve – also by Osmun.
- Stringing a Rotary Valve – downloadable pdf file by Andrew Spang
- Valve Stringing – excellent article with large and clear photos by ace repairman and horn maker Stuart DeHaro.
- How to Re-String Rotary Valves – courtesy of Stu’s Music Shop
- String Action Valves – by Ricardo Matsinhos
- Replacing a broken rotary valve string
- Valve Stringing video courtesy of Gemstone Music
- How to String a Horn Valve
- Oiling a Rotary Valve
- How to Oil the Valves on a French Horn – eHow video by Katherine Liesener
- Horn mouthpiece repair tool
- Valve rebuilding
- Brass Arts About Brass Cleaning and Red Rot