[http://www.osmun.com/start/head_foot/header.htm]

The horn, the horn...

by Richard Merewether

Table of Contents

1

Prelude

2

Different tube-lengths of horn

3

Different bores of horn

4

Choosing a mouthpiece

5

Choosing a mute

6

Bells, fixed or detachable

7

Horns in different metals

8

Intermezzo: A hybrid-the Wagner tuba

9

How horns are built

10

The valve system (& diagrams)

11

Maintenance of rotary valves (& diagrams)

12

General maintenance

13

The horn and the player

14

Holding the instrument

15

Interlude

16

Notes of the horn, the harmonic series

17

In and out of tune

18

Echo from the past: The hand horn- and handstopping

19

The inside story

20

Postlude

[http://www.osmun.com/start/head_foot/footer.htm]