How to make a hosepipe horn

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OAE Horn player Martin Lawrence demonstrates how to make a working horn using just a hosepipe and a few other household bits.
Hear Martin perform the 1st movement of Mozart's Horn Quintet on his hosepipe horn: • Mozart's Horn Quintet,...
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[@EnforcedCrowd]

Imagine an entire orchestra made from stuff around your house

[@nikomitrione]

YES MAKE THAT HAPPEN!!!!!!

[@moegerms]

There's an orchestra entirely made from fruit. It's shit but the they tried.

[@Jeff-ry6mm]

A Double Bass made out of a Shelving Unit...

[@Milverton68]

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[@arusenpai5957]

@@Milverton68 Nice

[@markschwartz1565]

So, step 1. Become a virtuoso horn player.

[@whitething5218]

Kk

[@ELVENGADOR858]

he is musician thats why he plays perfect

[@gavinvonmeyer3746]

Amazing tone once you add the funnels. I can't believe a hosepipe sounds better than my horn, or at least, better than how I play my horn.

[@eolgrillo]

well later like mid video, he added a horn mouthpiece so maybe that's why it sounds better

[@albertoanedda7071]

Petition to make him compose a concerto for this and to even release sheet music 👇

[@erichunterschutz6313]

I believe you mean the Hosaphone™

[@alexcarter8807]

The official Hosaphone site is useless now, though.

[@frafranildo]

This world needs more people like you.

[@arsantiqua8741]

Frajolão Watermusick-HOSEPIPE

[@jakubsabosz2933]

Just after watching this I went to gardening store and bought items required. It works. That's crazy. Though I have no clue how to play a horn but I might try to learn lol :)

[@mialambert9675]

How's it going?😂

[@brucecoppola8512]

When I was in an amateur community orchestra long ago, a horn player (from the professional symphony orchestra iirc) performed the Mozart horn concerto. His horn was clear plastic tubing and a metal funnel.

[@fousies]

Are you kidding me? This is amazing!

[@javierbiaggi3072]

Bravo! The "Yardium hose" player did great. Finally I can start to learn the Hornless Hose cheaply.

[@Bene368]

I'm in quarantine rigth now and a few days ago, I figured out that you can play a tone on a plain pvc pipe. To see this video that with some talent you can play propper music on a simple thing like a pipe gave me so much hope and made me exited, thanks! Btw I dont play any wind instrument, yet.

[@repeatdefender6032]

Just gonna tuck this away for my post apocalyptic music making needs.

[@Musettoblu]

This looks crazy at the beginning and then keeps getting crazier and crazier... I love it so much

[@ladylibrum7145]

Okay, good idea for a Father’s Day gift! 😂

[@CrazyConchNiles]

he's the neighbor everybody complains about. lol

[@kappamin3133]

Jake Paul basically...

[@krispy8574]

I'm blessed with neighbors who care, they got me a trumpet mute and broke my window throwing it at me

[@amazing7633]

"and I started to play it, in spite of the neighbours who begged me to stop" Flanders & Swann, "Ill Wind"

[@edgarwalk5637]

I'd join in...

[@pauljmeyer1]

I was most impressed by the roll the bell plays in acoustic timbre.

[@chopin65]

When do we get to hear your Garden Symphony, your Tool Shed Trio, and your Koi Pond Quartet?

[@alexriddles492]

I thought the water music was appropriate for such an instrument.

[@sebastianzaczek]

When i saw the title and clicked the Video i instinctively hummed the piece you played at the beginning (forgot the Name...) And then the music started and I had to laugh... 😂

[@cloggedcord4612]

The point of the hand in a French horn bell isn't to dampen the sound. French horn players put their hand in the bell because French horns are naturally sharp instruments, so putting a hand in it makes it flatter.

[@ginmany]

Clogged Cord and also because natural horns could only play arpeggios, and changing the hand position in the bell allowed for a different variety of notes without crooks!

[@supyoist]

Actually, it IS to dampen the sound. After this became common practice, horn manufacturers deliberately started making their horns tend way sharp to compensate for this technique.

[@khilfibinkhairulamin6432]

Is not that Mozart's Horn?

[@carlpowell0]

If it is 'naturally sharp' why didnt they use more tubing to make it flatter and in tune?....

[@jpaul6841]

Also the most convenient way to hold it

[@MichaelSmith-on1ig]

All the time I was drinking a cup of coffee, I didn't realize I was at step one of making a hosepipe horn!

[@peterforrest3424]

Your in trouble when wife wants to water plants

[@whiterottenrabbit]

"Your"... GTFO!

[@njc16yt]

Peter Forrest hahahaha

[@jessicadunham9472]

Thank you! We will be making this for my son's science project! Absolutely brilliant!

[@johnjoyce]

Absolutely brilliant. Made me smile. Made my morning.

[@ipercalisse579]

I never laughed so much, and i mean in a good way. This man is absolutely brilliant

[@joeywalker2204]

He's my teacher and he's as brilliant in real life as he appears in this! 😂

[@Whamdinger]

Nice job playing & educational to boot!

[@rockyracoon15symons74]

I've just shown my dad this! Genius!

[@zumbapilates]

Really inspired me for my Music presentation. Awesomely creative!!! -Eric

[@pilgrimMj]

Do you have any videos on how to make a hose out of a horn?

[@rzeka]

now how do I make a mouthpiece out of household items?

[@Flying-Roro]

I didn't know David Coulthard was this talented at making music.

[@nvdawahyaify]

If I wasn't watching you play a hose, I would have thought it was a horn.

[@ELVENGADOR858]

sounds perfect

[@Leander_]

That's really cool, thanks.

[@freeheeler09]

Brilliant and fun!

[@zarrir]

Nicely shot

[@sweetlowfatjesus9663]

Amazing!

[@AllPro777]

This is awesome.

[@sharkmanyt4431]

Incredible

[@alliancegaming1742]

This is awesome

[@loganross1861]

This is awesome...

[@millennial8441]

Very nice and funny DIY!

[@PeteTheTrumpet]

I like the stocks in the background...

[@albertkim7803]

wonderful!!!!!!!

[@JEEROFUKU]

Incredible👍🏻❤️

[@kelseeosmun5561]

Nice man

[@user-sh1fe1cn6c]

こういうことを真面目にする人、凄く良いと思う！

[@kadereese7865]

He looks like Link from Good Mythical Morning.

[@Goldennote]

Not at all.

[@alfredrimorin2083]

OverDosedMonkey lol

[@thehoodlen]

Tazim Khan he looks like he could be Link’s uncle or father tbh

[@derreth]

If you don't coil the hose and whirl it around has you play, it make makes a very interesting sound, like a bugle band on the march.

[@chillariedcmusic]

I got hyped when i saw this! do i need to buy a french horn mouthpiece in order to make it sound better?

[@oae]

Message from Martin: A French horn mouthpiece (or trumpet or trombone mouthpiece, depending on the diameter of the hose and the size of your lips) definitely make it sound better. But you can use nothing, or shape a piece of wax to give your lips a cushion (that's what didgeridoo players do). Or a little funnel. Just anything that gives your lips some comfort and room to vibrate.

[@chillariedcmusic]

+Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Thank you very much for the information!

[@Ash-ed7sf]

At 1:36 the chicken is like Wut happened this time

[@andrewhoward7200]

Excellent, I´m off to raid the shed as soon as it stops raining. Thanks.

[@WetaMantis]

Just goes to show the physics and acoustics is the same for everything. Just some things sound better than others of course :)

[@exwhyz33]

bravo

[@thehumanlyrics3435]

amazingal

[@JasonElky]

well I know what I am building today

[@YakovThuja]

Amazing 😂

[@christophermark3902]

To think I actually considered buying a horn to play.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

That's what i've always tried to do with the hoses i use to clean my acquarium, problem is they're way too short for practical use (not enough overtones). Maybe, i'd have to carve some holes and try turning them into cornetts :D :D .

[@gavinvonmeyer3746]

Can you make a part two of this video... How to add valves to a hosepipe horn?

[@cpklapper]

Brilliant! Do you know how Dennis Brain constructed his for the Hoffnung concerts?

[@nathandavidzipf]

very clever.i like the pan to the chicken..

[@FrikiObsoleto]

Les Luthiers tried it in late 60's with his "Gom-Horn"

[@leometal123]

he chances de mouthpiece without warning!

[@Dan-bc9nx]

I was thinking “i bet he’s gonna play The Last Post”

[@gregmonks9708]

I was expecting you to play a hornpipe . . . In my younger days I worked at a steel fabrication company as a welder. The shop had 20' lengths of copper tubing. Being a brass player, the sight of all that tubing was too much for me. Every so often I would belt out very loud mystery noises when no one was around to watch, making sure no one caught me doing it.

[@TopRacer-tx5cd]

This is so nice! I have a few laying around haha. I guess i have made a soprano one with the mouthpiece of my Cornet and Trumpet. The Trumpet MP gives a really sharp vibrant sound. And with the MP of my Cornet it sounds more mellow closer to a French horn. And i have also made a Bass horn too. A really big one with the MP of my Bb baritone. It’s really awesome what you can make with stuff around the house! 😃🎺

[@echodelta9]

And now for the Two Ronnies to do the lyrics to the Mozart horn concerto. I made horn noises in the garden hose when I was a kid. Outside funnel is better than any restriction near the end. Try cutting the smaller ones to fit over tightly. Food, home brewing, or Ag supply funnel-big. French horn!

[@RolandHutchinson]

You mean, of course, Flanders and Swan!

[@user-ct5uw5wo8z]

👍

[@gavinfarkas6043]

Love the little chicken

[@mrdeurknopp]

it also doubles as a beer bong

[@CharlesProoth]

José Piper is working on a concerto for Martin.

[@ChinaAl]

Darn I know that piece. What the name of that piece used in the introduction? I love it. Oh yea great video ha ha Got to try that.

[@anon-rf5sx]

Mozart Horn Concerto no. 4 it's the third movement

[@KarlBonner1982]

How long should I make the tubing if I want a horn in the key of D?

[@resourcedragon]

One or two of the comments have been about making an entire orchestra from bits and pieces. I am wondering how you tune the hosehorn, so that it is in tune with your other instruments made from found items.

[@brennanherring9059]

You have to cut it to the right length.

[@theministerofsillywalks8952]

What notes can it play?

[@martinlagrange8821]

I'm now working out how to make valves out of Gardena bits....

[@LuisHumanoide]

I came here because I don't have money for a French horn, I'm not disappointed

[@millerhxc]

I'm thinking of attempting this. Could a kazoo work as the mouthpiece or would that change the resulting sound entirely?

[@slap_my_hand]

I want to build a horn out of metal as a project in school. Does anybody know where i can get some information about this?

[@MimiWildflower]

lol. I wanna see him walk into rehearsal with this...

[@isaaclitan3907]

this is too good to be true -.-

[@iceebear5161]

I have watched 3 different videos of this stuff and i honestly dont know if this works or not

[@Trombone_crochet9021]

I tried this at hoem bit with a trombone mouthpiece, a 9 inch funnel, and just shy of 50 feet of I inch garden hose. Should I try a bigger funnel?

[@cscran]

All this, like tears in the rain.

[@bralingii1635]

He did switch to a proper mouthpiece which is an improvement.

[@aminahuda649]

My friend did that opening song at solo ensemble this year. He plays the French horn and got superior

[@briankane6547]

Note, with interest, the sneaky bugger substituted a Pukka mouthpiece(ish)

[@oae]

Hi Brian, to be fair to Martin, this is down to clumsy editing. Martin did mention the substitution of the mouthpiece but it was omitted in the final cut. Apologies for this!

[@briankane6547]

;¬)

[@briankane6547]

√

[@eskoriakiebraqeyo7942]

Flea?

[@pauls5745]

1:37 chicken is like What the...

[@eduardorubensanchez6672]

Es muy bueno lo que haces, no podrias subtitularlo en español para el mundo latino !!! saludos

[@rasr666]

;)

[@eduardorubensanchez6672]

bien ahí chaparrita siempre brindando tu apoyo !!!! VIVA MEXICO !!!!

[@rasr666]

jaja! claro que si amor Eduardo Ruben Sánchez

[@Bt_allen22]

3:50 song played by ellinore in 8 crazy nights

[@josemanuellopezcastro6012]

what its you name ???

[@qubal]

Gafa tape and scissors! LOL:D

[@blanked_out_chin]

I'm surprised you've called those stocks when technically they are called pillories. Otherwise, the video was top. Such ingenuity with household items. Is there a way to add holes to add more notes or would that not work on?

[@oae]

Message from Martin: In England they are called stocks! Making holes in the tubing would not produce more notes. On a brass instrument you need to add valves to do that. They add or subtract lengths of tube so a different series of notes is available. Might be tricky on a hosepipe, but maybe a mechanism involving taps (English for faucets!) might work. We do sometimes use holes in baroque horns, but just for making some of the out of tune notes in the harmonic series a bit more in tune. I don't like them.

[@garrettdennis2365]

what was the name of the piece used in the beginning

[@shuhengazhang]

I think that's the third movement of one of Mozart's horn concerti (the fourth one I believe?)

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto N°4 in E flat Major, K.495 (1786) 3rd movement: Rondo. Allegro vivace

[@ChillieDelaCruz]

What if i painted the hose? Does it affect the sound that's going to produce?

[@oae]

Reply from Martin: Painting it will make no difference to the sound. It's just about the air column inside. If you painted the inside though...probably still no difference, unless it was very thick!

[@rafaelwilks]

Does this remind anyone of the Red Green show?

[@derpdoge8500]

4:37 Is that Mark Zuckerburg?

[@CatfishSpoonbender]

It’s Roger Montgomery.

[@jojanglesa8436]

What's the name of the song in the intro

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto N°4 in E flat Major, K.495 (1786) 3rd movement: Rondo. Allegro vivace

[@Xenosophia]

Halfway through the video (starting 2:53) a mouthpiece is added, but there's no mention of it.