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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece

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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Silver and Brass Music Shop is a brick-and-mortar brass instrument restoration and repair shop located in Carson City, NV. This is a custom Bb single horn. This horn is one of a series of horns that our shop built to experiment with different possible wraps and layouts for 4-valve single Bb horns. This particular horn was designed to be responsive and light in style. The bell is a little bit heavier than the other horns in this series to give the horn more focus, and the 1st and 3rd slides have each had a knuckle removed to open up the airflow. This horn has a fairly small bell throat, which helps to give it a very light and direct sound with good projection. The horn feels very open, even when all four valves are depressed. The timbre tends toward the bright end of the spectrum. The left hand position is comfortable for large-handed people, but might be a stretch for people with smaller hands. The trigger has a very light throw, and it is designed to be quite springy and flexible. This makes it feel somewhat strange, as it is not like any 4th valve on other horns, but it is quite comfortable to use. If you would like to know what this horn sounds like then on YouTube. Please set your expectations accordingly. And here is a link to all of the videos on our channel. This horn was built using an H. White valve cluster from 1947 with Holton valve caps, and the horn has 1920s-era German pfennig coins on the finger buttons for better grip. The 1st branch is from a. And the horn has a “Lafleur” bell. The leadpipe is a custom “Accusonic” style leadpipe, which gives surprisingly good warmth and responsiveness. Here is some more information about this type of leadpipe. Being that almost all of the parts are vintage, there are some imperfections throughout the horn. There are a few small dings and pings, and there is some scratching and etching throughout the horn. The valves move well with good compression and the slides all move of course. The minor flaws are visible in the pictures, and none of them affect the playability of the horn. This horn is not lacquered; therefore the horn will develop a lovely “raw brass” patina over time. All horns are located at Silver & Brass Music Shop.
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
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Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece

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Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece

Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
Silver and Brass Music Shop is a brick-and-mortar brass instrument restoration and repair shop located in Carson City, NV. This is a custom mini Bb single horn. This horn is one of a series of little horns that our shop built for the purpose of taking hiking, or possibly for travelling. They are very compact and can easily fit in a piece of luggage or a backpack. Those horns are just bent trumpets, pitched in high Bb and made to look like little french horns. Occasionally you will see other similar horns pitched in F-alto, a full octave higher than a standard horn in F. These little horns are pitched in Bb tenor, the same as the Bb side of a double horn. The first picture of the horn shows it next to a regular full-sized double horn for size comparison reasons. These horns have been designed to be as compact as possible, while at the same time sounding as much as possible like a full-sized horn. If you would like to know what these horns sound like then on YouTube. There are many videos of our local horn group playing on these instruments; here are links to a couple of decent videos. And here is a link to all of the videos on our channel. This horn was built using a variety of parts, with the emphasis being on keeping the horn small but giving it a big, warm sound. The bell on this horn is detachable, and the flare is a vintage Conn trombone bell. The main valve cluster is Elkhart-era Conn single horn valves from 1963 with customized slides, and the 4th stopping valve is a vintage F. Olds & Son valve from 1965. The 1st branch and most of the internal tubing are also Elkhart-era Conn parts, and the leadpipe is a solid nickel silver F. Olds & Son leadpipe. Being that almost all of the parts are vintage, there are some imperfections throughout the horn. There are a few small artifacts on the bell tail and the 1st branch from the rebending that was required to reduce the diameter of the instrument, and there is some scratching and etching throughout the horn. The valves move well with good compression and the slides all move of course. The minor flaws are visible in the pictures, and none of them affect the playability of the horn. This horn is not lacquered; therefore the horn will develop a lovely “raw brass” patina over time. All horns are located at Silver & Brass Music Shop.
Custom-Made Miniature Bb Single French Horn (Travel/ Mini horn) with Mouthpiece
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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece

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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
Silver and Brass Music Shop is a brick-and-mortar brass instrument restoration and repair shop located in Carson City, NV. This is a custom Bb single horn. This horn is one of a series of horns that our shop built to experiment with different possible wraps and layouts for 4-valve single Bb horns. This particular horn was designed to be the most open and free-blowing horn possible, and also to be as lightweight as possible. Thus there are very few tight curves cluttering up the airstream, and the main body of the horn contains a grand total of 7 braces. This horn has a very big bell throat, which combined with a Conn 8D leadpipe gives it a powerful, full sound. The lack of backpressure and resistance means that it is also possible to play the horn very lightly and softly, meaning that the dynamic range of this horn is one of its strongest features. In the low register it has a lovely warm timbre, and in the high register it feels very open and free-blowing. If you would like to know what this horn sounds like then on YouTube. Please set your expectations accordingly. And here is a link to all of the videos on our channel. This horn was built using mostly Elkhart-era Conn parts for the main structure. The bell on this horn is from a very early Conn 14D; the first few Conn 14D horns that were built appear to have been manufactured using NOS parts that Conn had lying around in their warehouses and wanted to use up. This bell appears to actually be an old Conn 28D bell, which means that it has the same dimensions as 1940s-1950s era Conn 8D bells, but made from yellow brass. The valve cluster appears to be an old 1930s C. It was NOS, and had never been used or fitted to a horn before I built this instrument. The slides are obviously custom-built and fitted to the valve cluster. The 4th valve on this horn is currently an F-extension valve, although it could easily be fitted with a stopping-valve half-step style slide upon request. The 1st branch is also an Elkhart-era Conn part, the leadpipe is detachable and is currently an Elkhart-era Conn 8D leadpipe (an H-series I believe). Being that almost all of the parts are vintage, there are some imperfections throughout the horn. There are a few small dings and pings, and there is some scratching and etching throughout the horn. The valves move well with very good compression and the slides all move of course. The minor flaws are visible in the pictures, and none of them affect the playability of the horn. This horn is not lacquered; therefore the horn will develop a lovely “raw brass” patina over time. All horns are located at Silver & Brass Music Shop. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\French Horns”. The seller is “silver_brass_music” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
  • Color: Gold
  • Set Includes: Mouthpiece
  • Leadpipe Material: Nickel Silver
  • Valve Material: Brass
  • Brand: Silver and Brass
  • Type: French Horns
  • Body Material: Brass
  • Bell Material: Brass
  • Valve Type: Rotary
  • Number of Valves: 4
  • Instrument: French Horn
  • Finish Material: Brass
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Finish: Brass
  • Key: Bb

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Large Bell Throat with Case and Mouthpiece
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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece

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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
Silver and Brass Music Shop is a brick-and-mortar brass instrument restoration and repair shop located in Carson City, NV. This is a custom Bb single horn. This horn is one of a series of horns that our shop built to experiment with different possible wraps and layouts for 4-valve single Bb horns. This particular horn was designed to be responsive and light in style. The bell is a little bit heavier than the other horns in this series to give the horn more focus, and the 1st and 3rd slides have each had a knuckle removed to open up the airflow. This horn has a fairly small bell throat, which helps to give it a very light and direct sound with good projection. The horn feels very open, even when all four valves are depressed. The timbre tends toward the bright end of the spectrum. The left hand position is comfortable for large-handed people, but might be a stretch for people with smaller hands. The trigger has a very light throw, and it is designed to be quite springy and flexible. This makes it feel somewhat strange, as it is not like any 4th valve on other horns, but it is quite comfortable to use. If you would like to know what this horn sounds like then on YouTube. Please set your expectations accordingly. And here is a link to all of the videos on our channel. This horn was built using an H. White valve cluster from 1947 with Holton valve caps, and the horn has 1920s-era German pfennig coins on the finger buttons for better grip. The 1st branch is from a. And the horn has a “Lafleur” bell. The leadpipe is a custom “Accusonic” style leadpipe, which gives surprisingly good warmth and responsiveness. Here is some more information about this type of leadpipe. Being that almost all of the parts are vintage, there are some imperfections throughout the horn. There are a few small dings and pings, and there is some scratching and etching throughout the horn. The valves move well with good compression and the slides all move of course. The minor flaws are visible in the pictures, and none of them affect the playability of the horn. This horn is not lacquered; therefore the horn will develop a lovely “raw brass” patina over time. All horns are located at Silver & Brass Music Shop. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\French Horns”. The seller is “silver_brass_music” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
  • Color: Gold
  • Set Includes: Case, Mouthpiece
  • Leadpipe Material: Brass
  • Valve Material: Brass
  • Brand: Silver and Brass
  • Type: French Horns
  • Body Material: Brass
  • Bell Material: Brass
  • Valve Type: Rotary
  • Number of Valves: 4
  • Instrument: French Horn
  • Finish Material: Brass
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Finish: Brass
  • Key: Bb

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Accusonic Leadpipe with Case and Mouthpiece
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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece

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Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
Silver and Brass Music Shop is a brick-and-mortar brass instrument restoration and repair shop located in Carson City, NV. This is a custom Bb single horn. This horn is one of a series of horns that our shop built to experiment with different possible wraps and layouts for 4-valve single Bb horns. This particular horn was designed to be more traditional in style. The horn has a fairly standard wrap with the exception of the 1st valve slide, which has been opened up for better airflow. This horn has a compact and focused sound, definitely lending itself well to traditional horn playing, such as horn concertos and chamber orchestra work. The trigger has a very, very short throw-so short that you would almost swear that you hadn’t moved it at all. This takes some getting used to, but once you become accustomed to it it is nice that the throw is so short. If you would like to know what this horn sounds like then on YouTube. Please set your expectations accordingly. And here is a link to all of the videos on our channel. This horn was built using a vintage F. Olds & Son valve cluster, with a Conn leadpipe and a vintage bell made by Buescher. Being that almost all of the parts are vintage, there are some imperfections throughout the horn. There are a few small dings and pings, and there is some scratching and etching throughout the horn. The valves move well with very good compression and the slides all move of course. The minor flaws are visible in the pictures, and none of them affect the playability of the horn. This horn is not lacquered; therefore the horn will develop a lovely “raw brass” patina over time. All horns are located at Silver & Brass Music Shop. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\French Horns”. The seller is “silver_brass_music” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
  • Color: Gold
  • Set Includes: Case, Mouthpiece
  • Leadpipe Material: Brass
  • Valve Material: Brass
  • Brand: Silver and Brass
  • Type: French Horns
  • Body Material: Brass
  • Bell Material: Brass
  • Valve Type: Rotary
  • Number of Valves: 4
  • Instrument: French Horn
  • Finish Material: Brass
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Finish: Brass
  • Key: Bb

Custom-Made Bb Single French Horn, Traditional Wrap with Case and Mouthpiece
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