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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9811969, member: 8267&quot;]This description from the Britannica refers to this type of horn - circular, one handed, without valves (emphasis added) -</p><p><br /></p><p>The large circular French hunting horn, the <i>trompe</i> (or <i>cor</i>) <i>de chasse,</i> appeared in about 1650; the modern orchestral, or French, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/horn-musical-instrument" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/art/horn-musical-instrument" rel="nofollow">horn</a> derives from it. <b>Still played in modern France and Belgium by huntsmen, brass bands, and horn-playing clubs</b>, it varies in diameter and number of coils but is often about 15 inches (38 centimetres) across, coiled three times, with 15 feet (4 1/2 metres) of tubing. It is held on the player’s arm with one hand alone;</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/horn-musical-instrument-group#ref155725" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/art/horn-musical-instrument-group#ref155725" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/art/horn-musical-instrument-group#ref155725</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this example in a French antiques shop - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://lelouvre-antiques.com/product/antique-french-brass-hunting-horn-le-cor-de-chasse-early-1900s/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lelouvre-antiques.com/product/antique-french-brass-hunting-horn-le-cor-de-chasse-early-1900s/" rel="nofollow">https://lelouvre-antiques.com/product/antique-french-brass-hunting-horn-le-cor-de-chasse-early-1900s/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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