Medlin Horns

I’m working on a new (to me anyway) design for a single Bb horn. I’m told that Dennis Brain favored a Raoux piston horn with an added ascending thumb valve and I’ve decided to try this design out, using rotory valves. It’s a tricky thing, making a short horn and still having a tuning slide, but [...]

For those not on the yahoo hornlist, I’d like to share a recent post from Richard Hirsh. For those not familiar with him, he is a very highly regarded Horn miracle worker from Chicago. You have probably seen the various horns on hornplayer.net which he has resurrected.