Instrument Knowledge- French Horn

The French Horn is part of what instrument family?

The instrument normally referred to as a French Horn actually originated in what country?

A single French Horn will have how many valves?

What two keys are single French Horns most often pitched in?

What word describes a French Horn that combines both the above keys in one horn?

In addition to using valves, a horn player can control the pitch by the position of his hand in the bell, a technique known as what?

As opposed to piston valves, like those on a trumpet, what type of valves do most French Horns use?

The French Horn is more closely related to what family of instruments (members include tuba and flugelhorn) than to a trumpet?

The French Horn has tubing that gradually widens throughout the instrument. This is an example of what type of bore?

Before valves were invented, horn players would use detachable pieces of tubing to lengthen or shorten the horn, thus changing the pitch. What word refers to these pieces?

What instrument, named for composer Richard Wagner, despite its name, is actually a horn?

What was the predecessor to the modern French Horn, that had no mechanical way to alter the pitch?

What British musician was one of the greatest horn players of the 20th century, playing with the Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras?

Who was the principal horn player in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years, as well as a music professor at several major universities, and the founder of Wind Music, Inc.?