Review: The Surprising Kelly MC Lexan Mouthpiece
To tease the conclusion first, I was very pleasantly surprised by the plastic (Lexan) Kelly MC horn mouthpiece.
Why a plastic mouthpiece?
This past fall I...
Brief Review: Jinbao (Chinese) Wagner Tuba
This January/February we were very pleased to receive two new Wagner tubas for use by members of the ASU horn studio! Wagner, Bruckner, Strauss,...
Mouthpieces and the Descant (and Triple) Horn, part II: A Review...
Continuing on the topic of high horn mouthpieces, in recent years I have owned two examples each of the Moosewood BD and Osmun Haydn...
Unboxing the Houghton H3, and Initial Impressions
If you follow the horn and use Facebook you probably have noted that Houghton Horns has a new line of horn mouthpieces coming out soon (more...
Review: Houser Stainless Steel Horn Mouthpiece Rims from Houghton Horns
After having played on the same mouthpiece rim for about 15 years I recently decided to try out something totally different - stainless-steel rims...
Brief Review: Wedge Mouthpiece
A reader who switched to the new wedge mouthpiece, and is enthusiastic about it, recently sent me his spare mouthpiece to consider for review....
A Look at Óscar Sala’s Warm Up and Ricardo Matosinhos’ Pocket...
From our colleagues in Spain and Portugal we have two new horn-related items for consideration: one is a warm-up routine and the other, a...
Review: A Strap-on Fhrap (TM) for Your Horn
For some years I have used a version of a strap or flipper or duck’s foot on my horn. While the other straps I...
Review: Recent Innovations in Stop Mutes, and Notes on Stopping on...
New products are always of interest at Horn Matters. Recently I heard of a new type of stop mute made of wood, the Woodstop,...
Review: The Warburton P.E.T.E.
When my new embouchure training device arrived in the mail, I eyed it rather suspiciously. My approach towards using the Personal Embouchure Training Exerciser...