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Horn Matters People of the Year: Horn People

The Horn Matters People of the Year award goes to Horn People, a group that has hugely impacted the horn world in recent years. If you...

Year One for Horn Matters!

Today Horn Matters reaches a major milestone. One year ago, John and I launched this site. Here are some statistics from that date to today: ...

Poll results: How do you feel about the name “French horn”?

Last Friday a Horn Matters poll asked two questions on the topic of the name of our instrument. To the question "How do you feel...

Who Reads Horn Matters? Spring 2011 Update

In a few months, Horn Matters will hit upon its 2-year anniversary! That 2-year anniversary date is September 1st. While I don't think either John...

The Golden Clam Award of Merit

The HORNDOG GOLDEN CLAM AWARD of MERIT* is reserved for recognizing and honoring noteworthy accomplishments in the world of classical music. This honor, governed by the...

Venus on a Coffee Cup

Merchandise update Some re-organizing has been done and more products have been added to the new Horn Matters Merchandise site on CafePress. So far, we have...

A New Major Horn Quartet

The number of truly great horn quartet pieces can pretty much be counted on one hand ... okay, maybe two hands. Thomas Bacon wants...

Site Stats; Thanks to our Readers [2010]

This chart roughly represents direct site traffic from the past week. One thing it shows is that readers who come to Horn Matters stick...

Big News: The New 8D for the 21st Century

Conn just dropped some big news on the horn world, that they have upgraded the venerable 8D model horn, following extensive focus group testing...

Updates to the Horn Matters Web Site (2014)

Regular visitors may have noticed some changes here at Horn Matters. The overall look-and-feel of the site has changed significantly over the past few...