Valves

What I learned about restringing a french horn valve today:

1) It's not nearly as intense or difficult as I was led to believe in college. They had special mini-workshop type things for how to do it once or twice, but if you use the other valves as a guide it's no problem.

2) I'm an idiot and the only issue I had was knotting it at the end. After finding a youtube video because I couldn't figure out how to knot it I realized if I start with the knot I don't have to knot it at the other end anyway so it makes it significantly less frustrating trying to knot it so that it's snug up against the stem of the key.

3) The guy on the youtube video suggested taping two Popsicle sticks together to slide over the keys to keep them in alignment. Worked like a charm!