Horns played by the San Francisco Symphony Horn Section

Bob Ward plays a full double or a Schmidt model Bb-Hi F 5-valve descant horn made by Karl Hill. He also owns a Schmidt, a Berg, a Geyer, a Webb natural horn and a Stocker Alphorn. One of the SFSO's Paxman compensating Wagner Tubas also lives in his closet, along with conch shells and ram's horns. Plus lots of old junky mouthpieces and leadpipes.

Kimberly Wright plays a Lewis.

Bruce Roberts plays a Berg or an old Paxman double-change-valve descant. When he plays tuben it's a Vienna-made Engel owned by the SFSO.

Jonathan Ring plays a Knopf double. He also owns a Berg, a Schmidt and two Vienna Horns, one made in the late 1800's by Uhlmann, and the other a Yamaha prototype made in the late 1970s. Jon also plays one of the SFSO's Engel tuben.

Doug Hull plays a Yamaha custom Geyer model. He also has a Geyer Schmidt model and a Yamaha descant.

Chris Cooper plays a Berg, and also owns a Geyer and an old Paxman double change valve descant like Bruce's (except that it's silver) that he bought from Dave Krehbiel.

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