Gabriel's Horn

John and hank ask Claudia what gabriel's horn is. The answer: an infinite horn that has a finite volume because of the taper. If you were to make a brass instrument called gabriel’s french horn, would the sound taper off? Would it be infinitely loud? There'd be air throughout the horn pressurized to 14 p s i,. which, again, doesn't actually mean an infinite amount of air. What would happen to us? Don't bow this forest.

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