Buying a French Horn

MomOf3Stars
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:01:41 +0000

Thanks Binx!! D is looking to get another Horn this summer. She currently has a mid-level Holton Double Horn H378 which we bought her new in 6th grade from WWBW. She now is looking at a Silver Model Conn 8D through them. She is unsure if she really wants the detachable bell though, she is very clumsy and is worried she will harm the Horn in some way. I told her that she will be happy to have the backpack gig bag and a Horn that breaks down for traveling overseas. She is still waffling but we definitely want her to get the Horn soon so she can work with it all summer before going to school. We are definitely music store poor in our area. I have a friend who has to buy her D a new flute and they are going to NYC to look. The college she is going to (what I would say is not even a well known music school) is requiring this and told her to plan on spending at least $8k-$10k on a new flute. My friend cannot believe that no one at any schools D was accepted to even suggested a new horn for her as everywhere they went she was told her D had to get a new flute. Funny thing is that my friend just bought a new flute for her D about 3 years ago and spent about $4K then. I had no idea flutes were so much!!