Horn Players

• Hornplanet.com The site of Tom Bacon, solo artist and former professor of horn at Arizona State University
   

• Hans Pizka The well known German hornist has built an extensive site with lots of horn history.
   

• Dick Martz Horn collector
   

• Tom Varner Jazz hornist and composer
   

Horn Makers & Repairmen

• Patterson Hornworks [Check out their leadpipes and the "magical" disk]

• Houghton Custom Horns This a Dallas Horn specialty shop. The do custom repair and alterations and sell some really good vintage instruments. Soon they will be a dealer for Hoyer horns.
   

• Hans Hoyer I think this is the best Kruspe wrapped horn being made today.
   

• Conn-Selmer
   

• Ed. Kruspe (the inventor of the double horn)
   

• Walter Lawson Lawson sells some of the finest hand made horns and mouthpieces as well as publishing the results of his research into horn making
   

• Engelbert Schmid One of the world's finest horn builders. These are the instruments used in the NY Philharmonic
   

• Ricco Kühn Ricco Kühn makes one of the most respected Geyer wrapped horns
   

• Paxman The ultimate English maker of horns. Hear Paxmans on recordings of English orchestras.
   

• Alexander The classic German horn builder.
   

• Ken Pope Ken is an artist repairman and also sells good used instruments.
   

• Osmun Music Not only does Osmun's sell instruments, they are one of the finest repair facilities in the US

Horn & Brass Ensembles

• The Canadian Brass

• The American Horn Quartet
   

• Scottish Vienna Horns
   

• The American Brass Quintet

Dealers

• Brook Mays Music Co Our local music dealer. Bruce Kitzel in the Norman store is a horn player and a fine repairman.
   

• Osmun Music Sales [Besides being a great place to purchase horns, CDs, etc,  check out their library and links]
   

• Brass Arts Unlimited
   

• Dillon Music
   

• Giardinelli
   

• Rayburn Music
   

• Wichita Band Instrument
   

• Woodwind and Brasswind

Mouthpiece, Mutes, ect

• MooseWood Hornists' Requisites My choice for mouthpieces
   

• Clebsch Strap (tm) This is the  strap I use. I like it much better than the pinky hook or the duck's foot.
   

• John Stork The Myers series horn mouthpieces are excellent. Stork also makes all of the old style Giardinelli mouthpieces.
   

• The Thompson Edition David Thompson sells music, mouthpieces, bags, cases and other horn needs.
   

Horn Sites

• The International Horn Society Online
    

• The British Horn Society
   

• http://www.hornexcerpts.org
  A site featuring music and recorded examples of horn excerpts by Daren Robbins
   

• Horn Articles Online Articles by John Ericson on the performance and history of the horn

Good Music Sites

• Doug Yeo Bass trombonist, The Boston Symphony--perhaps the best brass site out there
   

• Brass Resources Links to many brass related sites
   

• Bryan Goff's Trumpet Topics
   Short articles of interest
   

• The Historic Brass Society
   

• International Trombone Association
   

• International Trumpet Guild
   

• International Tuba and Euphonium Association

Universities & Music Schools

• University of Oklahoma School of Music
   

• Southern Nazarene University School of Music
   

• Oklahoma City University Wanda Bass School of Music
   

• University of Central Oklahoma School of Music
   

• The Juilliard School
   

• The Eastman School of Music
   

• Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
   

• Oberlin Conservatory of Music
   

• Indiana University School of Music
   

• Northwestern University School of Music
   

• University of North Texas College of Music
   

• University of Texas School of Music
   

• University of Arkansas
   

• University of Kansas

Music and Recordings

• Pender's Music Our local music supplier
   

• The Thompson Edition David Thompson sells music, mouthpieces, bags, cases and other horn needs.
   

• Osmun's They have music and recordings that are hard to find
   

• Shattinger's
   

• J.W. Pepper
   

• Robert King Music Sales Over 28,000 brass music titles
   

• Walking Frog Records Walking Frog has recordings you may not find anyplace else
   

• Sotone Historical Recordings  Lots of unusual music as well many historical recordings. They have recordings of many famous horn players of the past.
   

Music Technology

• Sibelius Software The world's best music notation software.
   

• Make Music (Finale) If you must have the other software, here it is.
   

• Kelly's Software
   

• Sweetwater Music Software
   

• Garritan Personal Orchestra
   

• Northern Sounds A forum for digital musicians. It includes an online version of the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration book.
   

• Vienna Symphonic Library

Orchestras & Bands

Many of these sites include significant educational and interactive content.

• Oklahoma City Philharmonic
   

• New York Philharmonic
   

• Vienna Philharmonic
   

• Chicago Symphony
   

• Seattle Symphony
   

• San Francisco Symphony
   

• Dallas Symphony
   

• Dallas Wind Symphony