Welcome to Halstead Music
WE SELL FRENCH HORNS

and also American, Czech, English, German, Italian, Japanese and Viennese horns! plus horn-related accessories and CDs

99% of horns sold by HALSTEAD MUSIC are personally tried and tested by Tony Halstead

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I currently have five superb new French horns in stock: four by Finke and one by Tom Fisher.  

My large stock of used 'modern' French horns and their antique 'ancestors' is probably the largest and the most reasonably priced in the UK.

I act as an agent for customers who wish to sell 2nd-hand instruments, charging a reasonable, flexible commission rate for this service. If you have a French horn you wish to sell, please contact me; however, I reserve the right to reject poor-quality instruments.

My policy regarding the much-discussed topic of ‘restoration/ repair/ conservation’ is: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” After 56 years of professional playing, I am convinced that a small amount of internal surface ‘patina’ in the cylindrical sections of a brass instrument is actually desirable, giving reassuring acoustic feedback to the embouchure.  However, if valves are sticking, I carry out a very mild, non-abrasive cleaning process in the area of the valve-block only.

I perform small adjustments and minor repairs myself, and specialist craftsmen carry out more complex repair work.

Halstead Music Ltd acts as an agent only, and accepts no responsibility as a principal.