Welcome to the new medlinhorns.com! Here you will find information about me, Jacob Medlin, and my custom Geyer horns. A horn player myself, I know the joy that comes from playing a horn that is effortless and beautiful. I am committed to building the best horns in the world and to preserving the amazing craft of small scale hand-building.


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Southeast horn workshop

Come visit me at the 2013 Southeast Horn Workshop!

Bb return installation technique [Video]

I took this quick video yesterday as I was getting ready to install the Bb return and I realized that my choice of installation technique for this branch represented the way I think about the horn as a whole. One reason that I think that it is important to build this way is that when you look at the overall Geyer design, the Bb side of the horn does not have very many places where tubes run parallel to one another. [read more]

"Bell" brace

Took this picture from a horn I made in 2010. Get it?