Blowing Horn

[bigsmoke]

Have been thinking about making a blowing horn with an applied mouthpiece instead of using an integral carved mouthpiece.  I kind of like how it came out.





To me, it sounds better also.  It has a much bolder and fuller sound.

[smylee grouch]

Does the length of the horn or the size of the hole in the mouth piece make the deeper sound?

[bigsmoke]

Does the length of the horn or the size of the hole in the mouth piece make the deeper sound?

I think a shorter horn will make a somewhat higher sound.  But I believe that the somewhat wider mouthpiece accounts more for it.  Think about brass instruments.  A French horn has a tiny little mouthpiece and a tuba has a humongous one.  Accordingly, it has a deeper sound.  It also has a lot more and bigger tubing.

[Tim Crosby]

 Good looking horn, I like the way it came out too. How is the mouth piece fit, inside the horn? Is it pinned?
Really good to see you here and posting.

  Tim C.

[alyce-james]

Very nice job, looks great. Also has good engraving area. AJ

[Kermit]

We need a horn player here. IIRC, the French horn has about the widest range of the brass family. And tubas? They are not just Sousaphones in parades. My dad was a tuba player, and the range he got out of his old German upright would astound. I'm curious about this, since I've got a "blowing" horn happening in the shop now.

[bigsmoke]

Tim,
I cut a tenon on the horn and fit the mouthpiece over it.  I got just a bit too ambitious and filed the tenon one stroke too many all the way around, so it came out just a little bit loose.  Some epoxy slury took up the space.  I did not pin it. 
thanks, good to be here.

Kermit,
Tuba, Sousaphone - sound wise pretty much one and the same, to my ear anyway.  If you ever get a chance to hear a Dixieland group called the Missouri RiverBoat Men play, the Sousaphone player is a guy named Red.  No body ever told him he was not playing a trumpet.  it's a thing of wonder to hear him play Flight of the Bumblebee on it.  Pure amazing.

John

[ravenfeeder]

Really great job!

[The Original Griz]

John, thats a fine looking horn. any chance of seeing a close up of the mouth piece to see how it is turned/tapered?

[bigsmoke]

Griz,
Sorry to say (well not really) that the horn is currently in Tennessee.  Makes it pretty tough to take more photos.  The two are the only ones I took.
Thanks all for the nice comments.
John

[Brian]

Welcome Bigsmoke!  Really good to see you here!