brass instrument building

That was worth every minute!

Nicely done!

Cheers Trevor Jones

Yes, very nicely done, indeed! Now, will you have a second video done that shows the making of the bell part of the horn? Do you also make that in your little shop, or buy it?

Paul

Thank you Trevor, I am blushing : )

LLB

Paul, I started too late to learn how to make the bells. They are done on a spinning lathe, for the most part builders buy the bells and make the rest. Very few shops get into bell making. There are several nice spinning videos on youtube but none of horn bells.

Regards, LLBrown

well, I'm impressed - you make it look so easy - tell us - what do YOU think is the hard part?

Very nice. Did you do this from plans or from studying another instrument?

Wes

Wes, I designed this horn myself, it has an extra loop on it that lowers the pitch and keeps all the crooks shorter than a "normal" instrument. By sticking the hand in and out of the bell all the notes in a scale can be played. The music in the middle of the video is on a natural horn.

LLB

For me the hard part was nailing the right temp to bend the pipes. I have mine filled with pitch (tar) that is melted out later, and I live in a very hot climate. I put the pipes in the fridge before bending. If the pipes are bent too cold they get buldges if bent too warm they just collapse.

LLB

Excellent video, nice work. Thanks for sharing