Brass instrument valve
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Brass instrument valves are valves used to change the length of tubing of a brass instrument allowing the player to reach the notes of various harmonic series. Each valve pressed diverts the air strea
Brass instrument piston valves
Rotary valve on tenor trombone
Axial flow valve on tenor trombone
Hagmann valve on tenor trombone
French horn
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The horn is a brass instrument in the horn family, made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a large flared bell and rotary valves. The term French horn refers to horns with piston valves, seldom used t
A modern double horn
The valves of a Conn 6D double horn. The three lever keys (above the large valves) can be depressed toward the large outer tube. The thumb key (near the left-most valve) moves inward toward the three finger keys.
A natural horn has no valves, but can be tuned to a different key by inserting different tubing, as during a rest period.
Vienna horn