Natural Horns

Natural Horn Models

What in the beginning was considered as a fashion, in the meantime has become a firm part of the music-world: often supported by the idealism of the performers, ensembles last which play on original instruments or their copies. In the same way as this music practice often trains the sound sensibility of the musicians, I as a hornmaker had to recall historic measures, material thicknesses and manufacturing methods. By the way, this also influenced the production method of our modern valve horn bells.

Let me introduce you to the result of an intensive labour of development, which has spared no expense for material or tool costs, in total 4 Natural horn models

What follows is a list of the Scores for horn by J. S. Bach

according to Gisela Csiba y Jozsef Csiba in "The brass instruments in the pieces of J. S. Bach"

Corno da Caccia (bell diameter 120-180 mm)

in High D: BWV 232*
in High C: BWV 16/107
in High Bb: BWV 143
in G: BWV 174
in F: BWV 213/248/1046/1071

Corno da tirarsi (bell diameter 120-180 mm)

in High C, Bb and A: BWV 46/67/162

Lituus (bell diameter 120-180 mm)

in High Bb: BWV 118

Corne du Chasse (bell diameter 200-240 mm)

in High C: BWV 65
in Low C: BWV 109

Corno (bell diameter 220-300 mm)

in High D: BWV 88/205/218
in High Bb: BWV 14
in A: BWV 136
in G: BWV 79/91/100/112/128/195/212/250/251/252
in F: BWV 1/14/40/52/83/208
in Eb: BWV 140
in Low D: BWV 60
in Low C: BWV 3/8/26/27/40/62/68/73/78/83/89/95/96/99/105/114/115/116/124/125/136

*Peter Damm's statement, that the "Quoniam" in the B-minor Mass should be in low D, seems more logical to me. Nevertheless my baroque horns are tunable from high D to low C, that means both versions can be performed.