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Nov 27, 2023 · Valve levers, also known as valve keys, work together with the rotary valves to change the Horn’s notes while being played. By using string or another mechanism, these levers help spin a corresponding cylinder inside a rotary valve.
In this sense, "French horn" refers to a narrow-bore instrument (10.8–11.0 mm [0.43–0.43 in]) with three Périnet (piston) valves. It retains the narrow bell-throat and mouthpipe crooks of the orchestral hand horn of the late 18th century, and most often has an "ascending" third valve.
Vienna horns don’t use regular rotors like most French horns, instead, they use special ‘pumpen valves’. These valves contribute to the Vienna horns exceptionally smooth slurs. While Vienna horns are mostly played in the key if F, they do use a long loop of tubing (called a crook) between the mouthpiece and the body of the horn.
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Modern French horns have three valves which lower the pitch a semitone, a tone, and three semitones (minor third). The valves of a horn are typically rotary valves . By the end of the 19th century, the horn in F had become standard.
A single French horn has one tubing pathway, typically in F or Bb, while a double horn combines both keys with a switchable valve system. Double horns offer greater range and flexibility, allowing players easier juggling of high and low notes, which makes them more versatile than single horns.
