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Unusual Double French Horn by Lidl c.1925 This is a compensatating double
French Horn in F and Bb made by Joseph Lidl Brun Czechoslavakia.
Lidl established his factory for brass instruments in 1895. This
horn features 4 rotary valves, but it is the configuration of
the change valve which makes this design particularly
interesting. The trigger for the 4th valve operates a long
rotary valve which re-routes all of the crooks at once. While the wrap
of the valve slides on Lidl are different, I am inclined to
believe this is a variation of the Carl Geyer design (which was
different from the horn that he produced in Chicago -and also produced
by Knopf in Germany where it was known as the Wunderlich
model. The action of the 4th valve is especially fast and
the horn plays beautifully. Scroll down to see a comparison of
the Lidl change valve and a normal FH valve.
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