Michiel is completely right, and let me add that the Consentus Music Wien is conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Ab Koster playing first (on a big...
Howdy naturalists, I've finally done it. I've come over to the Dark Side. This afternoon I completed a valvectomy on an old Getzen (Italian?) single F with ...
As a guy who has never owned a firearm that wasn't a flintlock, used wooden cross-country skis until one broke and had to replace them with fiberglass (still...
Hi Tom, You may find this of interest. "A MODERN VALVE HORN PLAYERS GUIDE TO THE NATURAL HORN" by Paul Austin and possibly available through Rick Seraphinoff. ...
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Greetings, I have been wondering for a while now what mouthpiece I should be using with my baroque horn. I know the baroque era was quite a transitional and...
The problem with mouthpieces is that it's very hard to date them, or be sure they actualy belong to the horn you find them with. The only sure match I've seen...
Richard, Glad you found it. LLBrown ... From: Richard Burdick To: naturalhorn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [naturalhorn]...
I found a sheetmetal mouthpiece with a Labbaye orchestral horn and original C basso crook. The crook was soldered onto the horn for some reason?? The assembly...
... I don't think I am getting this newsgroup anymore, guess I need to check why not. Richard, glad you liked my video. I have been having some health...
Thanks for the e-mail Leonard! This group is just really slow. Not much happening. I guess without valve there isn't much to discuss. I did my debut on Baroque...
I am forwarding this to the group, I do think it would be a good idea to put a list together of groups around the world that perform with natural horns on a...
Hello all – I guess we’re a quiet bunch at heart. I’m playing Abduction from the Seraglio with Opera Atelier in Toronto. This is my third Mozart opera...
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... Toronto. This is my third Mozart opera â€" Magic Flute and Idomeneo preceding. For Abduction there are 8 crooks â€" B-basso, C-basso, D, E-flat, F,...
... I can't find my score or parts but a quick listen to the opera would indicate mostly A alto B alto and C alto. I haven't heard any B basso at all and I...
I am wondering how much faster changing terminal crooks is than changing midbody crooks in a inventionshorn. Would an inventionshorn work as well in hurried...
... changing midbody crooks in a inventionshorn. Would an inventionshorn work as well in hurried conditions? I am toying with the idea of building an...
The Jack Attack! wrote "I think the cor solo is possibly more stable regarding pitch due to it's increased cylindrical tubing but I don't have any hard data to...
Thanks for your comments! Many parts are with trumpets, so for instance, in C the notes are printed exactly the same. Thus C basso would be indicted to sound...
... printed exactly the same. Thus C basso would be indicted to sound the octave lower. But, it can be confusing. It works the same with the clarinets. At...
Greetings, natural horn players, I was watching the youtube comparison double horn with Vienna horn. The guy shows us his Vienna horn hand position, which I...
There are quite a number of new & younger members on this group. Does anybody have a suggestion on what sort of natural horn instrument to start on? Would a...
... Single horns with a very long mouthpipe taper tend to go flat in the upper partials. This combined with the much smaller throat and bell of a Vienna horn...
Hi Richard, Horns in F, E, Eb and D cover enough of the horn literature to keep a beginner busy for quite a while. However, there is a way to get started with...
Richard,  I am fairly new to natural horn playing, myself. Last year, I valvectomized an old Bohemian made Bohland & Fuchs single horn. The horn came...
