John Ericson

Could the Kruspe style horn come back?

At one time Kruspe style double horns (especially the Conn 8D) were a dominant horn type among professional hornists in the USA. That market...

Pro tips as you get back into ensemble rehearsals

With the beginning of ensemble rehearsals after the long break for COVID, it is great time to revisit some of the challenges for horn...

On the topic of phrasing

As we come back from over a year of spotty, Covid era practice, one thing I have observed is a lack of dynamics and...

Sabbatical Extra: Comparisons of the finished horns, and a video

During and immediately following my sabbatical semester from ASU I completed four major horn rebuilding projects, documented in this series of articles on Horn...

Congratulations IHS! And looking toward the next 50

A milestone that has passed is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Horn Society. Congratulations! While it was founded at the...

Review update: Horn Playing from the Inside Out, Third Edition eBook

New for 2021 is an updated version of Horn Playing from the Inside Out by Eli Epstein. While we don’t often do reviews, this...

Sabbatical Extra: A Yamaha Conversion Horn, and Revisiting the Ascending Third Valve, part 2

During my sabbatical semester from Arizona State I looked briefly at one of the horns I had worked on, how I could set it...

Using drones to improve warmup and practice of etudes and excerpts

As we come out of this year of not great practice it is very important to have drones be part of your daily practice...

A new personal website — is it also time for you?

For me this summer was the time to build one. Although I had one of the first personal horn websites out there -- 1998!...

Revisiting an Old Huttl Horn

Back more than ten years ago I posted a short article an interesting old Huttl horn. It was one obtained from a former teacher...