Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1512
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	French horn
Subject
	423.232.12
Publisher
	Holton
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	20.1 in length (across)
Identifier
	2396
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	double horn
	horn
	cor
	corno
Extent
	Farkas H179
Medium
	metal - sheet
	metal
	spring - flat and/or needle
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Brass Ensembles
	Symphony Orchestra
	Concert Band and Wind Ensemble
	Woodwind Quintet
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with flaring open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over cup mouthpiece at end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	incremental lengthening with valve mechanism of air cavity in which the standing wave is active
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple - changing length of standing wave by adding tube length with valves or slide and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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