Buying a French Horn

MomOf3Stars
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:16:30 +0000

Binx, that is good to hear about the Hans Hoyer. D is interested in that make mainly bc of the ball bearing mechanism (I have seen a pic but am on the outside looking in). She says her Holton strings are always causing problems for her and she has a sticky key. I blame the people we chose to service her horn the first few years, I don’t think they did everything we asked or knew what they were doing as it never came back any better in this respect. Live and learn.

Also, she said it looks to her like the Hans Hoyer would be more suited to her small hands. Any opinions on that? She did remember she has borrowed her friends Conn 8D in the past and she said the neck is longer on that than on her Holton which she found awkward. Poor kid, stubby arms AND stubby fingers!!