wow! the popsicle stick idea is very good, my keys are not perfectly aligned but still it doesnt effect the sound but now if my strings ever do break again then I know what to do, but usually they havnt been breaking, since I have a double horn the valve that switches from Bflat to F breaks
Thank you for this video! No matter how many times I read how to restring a rotor, I always lose myself. Your video has made it an easy 4 step process. Great for new and rusty band directors!
Thank you for the helpful video. We just started with this instrument and needed to learn to sting this our self to save time and money. There are not a lot of resources to learn about how to do this. Your video is Great!
I think my jr high band teacher spent half his life restringing our old French horns. What a horror. I was so fast at it myself, but now all of these years later I have had to relearn. It does help to have a kit with the premade knotted strings, the screwdrivers, etc. I always kept my string in a baggie--the 7 inches I cut then knotted twice or 3 x's about 1 inch in. You have to use sharp razor blade or scissors--then other side I dipped and pinked with school glue & let dry-no unraveling.
Oh, I forgot to add: if you can afford just a little baggie of Yamaha string, it is much thicker and will withstand a lot of friction. A little stubborn to press around some types of screws, but I think it's great after years of junky stuff. I also forgot: I watched a lot of the videos on here and drew out a diagram and short instructions by hand, and made a few photocopies of it to keep in the string baggies and elsewhere. I used this video as well as one by gemstonemusicaltv here on youtube
Hi There! I have figured out/remembered how to restring a French horn, but the biggest stumbling block to revisiting the horn was that I can't figure out how to do the trigger (thumb lever) stringing. My goodness. Nobody is explaining this on here, so after 2 hours I intuited how to do it. I'm not sure I'll be sending my student to school with something that will last. It just isn't the same as doing the regular spatulas/valves. Do you know your double horns & have time to teach how?Thanks
I would look at gemstonemusicaltv as well as this video. The gemstone video is a two part thing and one is about restringing. If that doesn't work, you need to take it too the music shop. Your coils might be too loose, you could have major build-up in the big valves inside the valve casings, you might need new corks (or the newer rubber corks), who knows. I tried to start to tell you but it's too complicated. Yikes, I hate what you went through or may still be going through.
Are they actually making you march with a real French horn? That is very rare. Usually they have the French hornists play the mellophone (which is now shaped like a giant trumpet). You can use an adaptor so you don't have to ruin your embouchure by changing mouthpieces. The shape of an actual French horn makes it very risky to march with, even with a hand guard. Even the old French Horn-shaped mellophones from way back are a disaster waiting to happen. So round/easy to drop. Crazy, dude.
Thanks Craig. This is simple but only thanks to your clear instructions.
wow! the popsicle stick idea is very good, my keys are not perfectly aligned but still it doesnt effect the sound but now if my strings ever do break again then I know what to do, but usually they havnt been breaking, since I have a double horn the valve that switches from Bflat to F breaks
Thank you for this video! No matter how many times I read how to restring a rotor, I always lose myself. Your video has made it an easy 4 step process. Great for new and rusty band directors!
Thank you for the helpful video. We just started with this instrument and needed to learn to sting this our self to save time and money. There are not a lot of resources to learn about how to do this. Your video is Great!
sooooo useful ive wasted so much time trying to do this without any clue of how to do it!!
THANK YOU!
thank u dood!!!
you are a life saver....
my string broke a day before a march!!!!
You're welcome. I hope it can be of some use.
Lol. That's too funny. Hope things are going well for you.
Thanks. Glad it could be of help.
if you put the string under itself again on the last screw, you will have less of a problem of the sting loosening up and becoming slack.
I think my jr high band teacher spent half his life restringing our old French horns. What a horror. I was so fast at it myself, but now all of these years later I have had to relearn. It does help to have a kit with the premade knotted strings, the screwdrivers, etc. I always kept my string in a baggie--the 7 inches I cut then knotted twice or 3 x's about 1 inch in. You have to use sharp razor blade or scissors--then other side I dipped and pinked with school glue & let dry-no unraveling.
question the sting keeps coming off after i screw it and if i screw the valve is slow coming back up help????
I'm glad it was helpful :-)
Technically, yes. Most everyone I know refers to it in the general sense as a valve, however.
Oh, I forgot to add: if you can afford just a little baggie of Yamaha string, it is much thicker and will withstand a lot of friction. A little stubborn to press around some types of screws, but I think it's great after years of junky stuff.
I also forgot: I watched a lot of the videos on here and drew out a diagram and short instructions by hand, and made a few photocopies of it to keep in the string baggies and elsewhere. I used this video as well as one by gemstonemusicaltv here on youtube
Hi There!
I have figured out/remembered how to restring a French horn, but the biggest stumbling block to revisiting the horn was that I can't figure out how to do the trigger (thumb lever) stringing. My goodness. Nobody is explaining this on here, so after 2 hours I intuited how to do it. I'm not sure I'll be sending my student to school with something that will last. It just isn't the same as doing the regular spatulas/valves. Do you know your double horns & have time to teach how?Thanks
ah! dang it! i need help with the trigger!!! good video though!
Your welcome. :^)
Been there! That's why I posted this. Glad it could be of some help even if it was a little late.
I would look at gemstonemusicaltv as well as this video. The gemstone video is a two part thing and one is about restringing. If that doesn't work, you need to take it too the music shop. Your coils might be too loose, you could have major build-up in the big valves inside the valve casings, you might need new corks (or the newer rubber corks), who knows. I tried to start to tell you but it's too complicated. Yikes, I hate what you went through or may still be going through.
Is it any different for the thumb valve?
Probably!
Are they actually making you march with a real French horn? That is very rare. Usually they have the French hornists play the mellophone (which is now shaped like a giant trumpet). You can use an adaptor so you don't have to ruin your embouchure by changing mouthpieces. The shape of an actual French horn makes it very risky to march with, even with a hand guard. Even the old French Horn-shaped mellophones from way back are a disaster waiting to happen. So round/easy to drop. Crazy, dude.
Not really. Just reverse the direction you wrap the string. :-)
Thanks. I'm happy you found it useful.