John Ericson

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Tweaking bracing for more security

2021 has already been a long year, but I hope shapes up in the end as a good year for horn. It has been...

Sabbatical, part 5. A Gumpert Horn Reborn

The last big horn building project I had completed was in the 1990s when I was playing in Nashville, which is when I also...

PSA: Strauss 1 has No Exposition

In recent years I have seen repeated references to an “exposition” of the first Strauss horn concerto. What makes it very puzzling is the...

Sabbatical part 4. Hidden Problems to Fix

Another type of hidden problem to fix is tubing ends under the ferrules that join the various pieces of tubing. The tubing ends on...

Toward Healthy Chops, and a Tip you can use Now

A major concern of mine for horn (and brass) players going forward into 2021 is chops. It has been a strange 9 months of...

Sabbatical, part 3. Shock Horror Inside View of a Horn [Updated]

One thing I wanted to obtain for this project overall was one of those flexible cameras. I bought one inexpensively on Amazon (Nidage brand)...

Sabbatical, part 2. My Original Horn Building Projects

When I was a Doctoral student, I was able to create a special minor for my degree at IU, the minor being in brass...

Sabbatical, part 1. Sabbatical?

With the end of this fall semester of classes, I am going on sabbatical from Arizona State for the spring of 2021. Which leads...

A closer look at a vintage “Kruspe Kruspe”

A Kruspe Kruspe? Any serious student of the horn today has heard of Kruspe style (or Kruspe wrap) horns, but many do not realize...

A “Popup Concert” and other COVID horn notes

COVID has changed the performing landscape of fall 2020 drastically. But before looking at that, there is good news out there, the proverbial “light at...

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