fingering for ascending third valve double french horn

This valve was developed in Vienna by Joseph Riedl in 1835 and is now the most commonly used valve on brass instruments along with the Périnet or piston valve. It is used only in a few European orchestras, principally in Vienna itself by the Vienna Philharmonic among others. Nowadays the Viennese Horn is the sole instrument built with Viennese valves. The Vienna valve is a double-piston valve that was developed in 1830 by the Viennese Leopold Uhlmann in emulation of the first piston valve that was patented in 1818 by Blühmel and Stölzel. Intonation can also be controlled by means of the embouchure (altering lip tension). This intonation check, called stopping, is also what produces the typically soft and romantic sound of the French horn. The higher pitch that results from stopping on the Viennese horn is not compensated for by a stopping valve but by playing the note a half tone lower.īy placing his hand in the bell the player can make very subtle adjustments to the intonation. In contrast to the Vienna horn the double horn in F/Bb has rotary valves with an optional additional stopping valve. The three valves are Viennese valves (twin-piston valves) and are operated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers of the left hand. Other tunings are used especially for natural horn parts. The so-called F crook is not a fixed part of the Viennese horn but is detachable. The tubing of the Viennese horn is 55% conical and narrower than the most commonly used double horn in F/Bb. Bell: Rim diameter 30.5 cm, widely flared and parabolically curved.Bore: Narrow, inner diameter in cylindrical tubing approx.Tubing: Length 3.7 m, coiled several times, predominantly conical, detachable F crook, length 105-120 cm.

Material: Brass, gold brass, nickel silver.

Classification: Aerophone, brass wind instrument.

Fingering for ascending third valve double french horn