French Horn Holiday Stocking Stuffer Guide
Here's some of my favorite gear, music, and online stuff you can gift yourself or a special French horn player in your life.
I even worked with a few vendors to get you discount codes!
Gear
Pro Elite Rotor Oil - code HIGHRANGEMAGIC for 10% off.
This space age, nanotech rotor oil, co-founded by Chris Castellanos, lasts forever, coats your rotors more evenly, is odorless, and FAST AND QUIET.
Brasswitch - Convenient Magnetic Pencil Holder - code HIGHRANGEMAGIC for 10% off (Dec 10-17, 2024 only).
Invented by Metropolitan Opera hornist Barb Jostlein, this takes the pencil clip to the next level. Used and loved by pro players, both for the satisfying snap of the magnet, and for the fact that this won't harm or scratch your horn like a typical pencil clip.
They also make a dope 2-in-1 mechanical pencil AND iPad stylus. Code HIGHRANGEMAGIC gives you 10% off.
On a budget? Get your OG pencil clips here in a pack of 5 for just $7. You won't lose them all until at least March 2025.
I do stand by this tool, and believe it helps develop isometric strength and corrective muscle activation.
The original is $50, and very well made, but if you're on a budget you can get a knock-off for $10 here
Music
This is why we play the horn right? I'm going with quality over quantity here with just one suggestion for this Holiday Season.
Kate Caliendo has two wonderful Holiday books:
Both are fantastic, and available for instant digital download (instant gratification / last minute holiday present?)
Use code HIGHRANGEMAGIC to get 15% off at checkout on any Kate Caliendo music
Educational Books
One of my favorite books, and a total bible in the sense that you can read this every day for years and get more wisdom.
Here is the original publisher if you prefer to buy from them
One of the best books ever written on the mental game of performance, read this with a mind towards horn playing and you will never be the same again.
(Pairs well with "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting it Right When You Have To")
Clothing & Accessories
The @frenchhorn.ig shop has SO MANY FUN CLOTHES, SHOES, AND MORE.
Check out the storefront directly here
And, I have to make a shameless plug now! If you want to give yourself the gift of an easier and more enduring high range on the horn...
Get yourself a free consult with the High Range Magic team
We get to offer these at High Range Magic because a percentage of folks who take the consults choose to work more closely with us. But everybody who gets a consult gets strategy, insight, and free resources to take their playing to the next level. We love it!
Happy Holidays y'all - stay safe, happy, and free of clams...