The French Horn, That Wild Card of the Orchestra

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/arts/music/13horn.html?ex=1376280000&en=03cc17333a91881e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Orchestral instruments don’t come more treacherous than the French horn, either for the musicians who play it, or, when the going gets rough, for the listeners who find themselves within earshot. Sometimes you wonder how the instrument found its way from the hunting lodge to the orchestra.