John Ericson

Sometimes I think of batteries when I think about endurance on the horn. Batteries run down with use, and as they deplete the energy...

During my sabbatical in the spring of 2021 I rebuilt four horns of interesting designs, the third of those being a Geyer single F....

The proverbial elephant in the room in horn playing is accuracy. In the prompt from Douglas Hill (this series is based on a list...

Among my activities I like to work on horns, continuing the type of projects I was doing during my sabbatical (more here). I enjoy...

Elsewhere in this site I have shared (probably several times) a story involving my Master’s degree studies with Verne Reynolds. He had a thing...

Ranges are fundamental. This prompt from the Douglas Hill book is pretty broad, but focuses on two elements; extreme ranges and good control in...

Tone quality is a very important fundamental! If you have a good tone, you are likely doing a lot of things correctly. Strive for...

I’ve made some equipment changes recently. As I noted in this article, I recently found a particular passage I was recording to be VERY...

Slurring can be a problem, even a major problem. The question you should be asking is this -- is the problem you, or is...

And now we have another very big fundamental topic: everything about tonguing. Hill, in his list that we are following for this series, combines...