How A Corroded & Dented French Horn Gets Professionally Restored

[@Certifier]

Cool. I've been playing the horn for 15 years now, nice to see an artisan video on a restoration.

[@Snakes-w1c]

My friend in high scool decided to play French Horn to pick up chicks. It didn't work very well.

[@dark_warrior4447]

@@Snakes-w1c bc you should choose french horn if you want to play the best instrument, and choose saxophone if you want to just pick up "chicks"

[@AR-jq1hs]

Simply astounding. And at the end we are finally able to see the Craftsman that has worked this beautiful instrument. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!

[@judygouchie9701]

What a detailed job! Looks perfect!

[@ReiMonCoH]

I played one in high school. It was kind of heavy. I had an old single, but they let me use one of these. 1981, brand new. It was awesome. Played it my whole junior year of high school

[@robertopalmigiani1090]

Bravissimo. Ottimo lavoro di pulitura e di ristrutturazione. 🙏

[@adeletothez]

Super amazing work ❤️

[@oneshotme]

It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@Idelia412]

What a fantastic job in restoration!

[@amme30]

Beautiful restoration

[@larrykelly2838]

Very amazing work.

[@mathieufoley2339]

I didn't know that mango chutney puree was used in fixing brass instruments. very cool.

[@cazdough6565]

Absolutely beautiful

[@rogerdale5451]

Likely these men play horns, and therefore know what makes a fine tuning and well functioning instrument. My friends dad, and grandfather were both woodwind repairmen in their later years. As young men, both were professional Hollywood studio clarinet players. Richard Johnston and his father, whose name escapes me (was it Rosco?)... Between them, ranging from probably the '30s to the 60's, Warner Bros. and Disney. The man who I knew has a solo in Disney's Cinderella- (the mouse running up the ladder). In the 70s and 80s, I sat at his side at his workbench and listened to him tell stories as he re- padded horns. He could play anything, woodwind or not. It was from him, I developed a bit of a better ear for tone quality in regard particularly to saxophone.

[@shaneconrad7816]

Nicely done!

[@Absaalookemensch]

Amazing work.

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

an excellent performance!

[@shawnataylor7998]

Beautiful.

[@satyoyuwono926]

21:07 what material used there?

[@MASI_forging]

Nice restoration 👍👍

[@al1-uo8ul]

Splendide , instrument plus neuf que neuf , c' est de l' orfèvrerie vous êtes un Artiste

[@KimHolmNielsen]

Man... - if you were a plumber.. 😊 What a great work. 👍 - on with the gloves..

[@camillyalionco3803]

I’ll have my breakfast with some metallic alloy, Please and thank you! 😂 Nevertheless, very inspiring! A true work of art!

[@dongokkim7212]

I think you're sanding the valve, is the pressure of the valve ok?

[@W4iteFlame]

Yamaha French horn...so two countries already, three if you add a lot of Polish

[@joshdeval9545]

Booo

[@jakeeasterwood9317]

Does the elbow “Greece” count too?

[@austint19]

Amazing

[@W4iteFlame]

Oh, I see some futureproofing. Cool. Also...this thing is so complex...humankind created so many crazy instruments to do so many...well...relatively simple things

[@InstantSoup4]

very interesting when installing the ring that he does not tack it and check for roundness and make sure it is level

[@cevazquez12]

Un genio literal y puro❤

[@Millerhorn]

Buen trabajo, saludos desde 🇵🇪 en qué ciudad vives ?

[@ArtisanHorns]

Hi. Thank You. I work in London. 🙂

[@michaelwinn8324]

An ignorant question: Didn't cutting the bell off and then reattaching it with that screw mount not only add to the weight (which you went to great pains to reduce) but reduce the harmonic resonance?

[@ppiechnik]

Like brand new!!

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

A guitar player would rather take a new one and dent & scratch it up so that everyone will believe he's been playing with orchestras all over Mississippi 😂

[@caleblancaster5471]

I actually own a yhr 666

[@LoneStarMillennial]

Damn he knows Wagner!

[@bradfowler6464]

First, no one...NO ONE...referred to that horn as "devil horn". Second, this is a double horn...so it's closer to 22 feet of tubing. Third, in no way does the "artisan" remove material from the horn to make the horn play better. If the horn played better with lighter gauge nickel, Yamaha would've made it with lighter gauge nickel! The bell tail is also not referred to as the spout. The repair tech did a really nice job refurbishing the horn...I'm not trying to detract from his work. Whomever wrote the script for the voiceover is doing a disservice by misinforming people. And, yes...I do know what I'm talking about. I've been repairing and overhauling brass and woodwinds for well over a decade.

[@SenileOtaku]

With all that sanding and buffing, you didn't have to replace the lacquer? I mean you obviously were removing some of the surface (with all that pitting). And just how much weight could you have removed anyway? Wes Lee is *much* better at explaining the process. The only reason I even understood some of what you were doing was because I've seen his videos.

[@ArtisanHorns]

Thank you for your interest. The lacquer was removed completely during the restoration process, as it would be impossible to complete the works otherwise. I don't lacquer my instruments.This video only displays a glimpse of the works completed, due to limitation of reel time. Wes Lee does a super job of fully explaining various processes, as he runs his own channel and therefore can control the content. I learned this craft 35 odd years ago whilst working at Paxman Musical Instruments. Whilst there, I made bells from scratch (flat sheet metal). Filing and removing metal is part of the bell making process. I have subsequently used the skills to customise bells (where appropriate) to create better resonance in bells. This is something that requires feel and experience. Most of my work revolves around customising / building horns. The repair side of things is a natural extension to the business. I hope that this helps?

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

@@ArtisanHorns Nevermind the plonkers, mate. You did a splendid job on that horn. Cheers.

[@artisanhorns1200]

Cheers mate. Saddos everywhere...I should return all the money I've earned from playing over the last 30 years..and cancel all forthcoming gigs...😂😂😂.​@The_Modeling_Underdog

[@AmatsuKona]

:3

[@BB49.]

Stick to restoring rather than playing them😂just a bit of friendly advice😂

[@Q.7]

And no AI voiceover.

[@ArtisanHorns]

🤣🤣🤣Thank you. Not easy playing after 7 long days of hard graft, creating the video. Please post a video of yourself playing top Cs.

[@tristanboldy6531]

waiting for your siegfried post mate

[@jonka1]

@@ArtisanHorns Now I know why I felt uncomfortable about you.

[@ArtisanHorns]

@@jonka1 Yes indeed. Why don't you display your skills? aaah, I know why! Good luck Chum!

[@GOBINDOS]

Just like Chinese craftsman 😂😂😂😂 work 10% showoff 90% 😂😂😂😂😂