Where can I buy a right handed French Horn?

Kelsey is correct about Finke making one. They produce a 100% mirror of their regular double horn for people that need a right handed one. I had a client that owned one. She also had a 6D that a Baltimore shop had switched over but putting the keys on the underside. This method works, but is a bit awkward looking. I have made 2 right handed single F horns by converting a regular F, they looked 100% normal but were backwards. It took some bending : )

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I am a professional French Horn player with over 20 years experience. Unless you are a first chair player in a professional orchestra you probably don't need a triple. They can be much heavier than a double depending on the maker and after a long day rehearsing you don't always want to be holding up more weight than you have to especially if you play off the leg. They do not help with lower notes at all as the high f side is pitched an octave above the normal F side and the lower notes on the high f side are very tinny sounding. It doesn't actually make the high notes easier. You still need to be able to pitch and play the higher notes. What it does do is make it a bit safer as the harmonics are not so close together. There is a trade off the sound on the high f is usually much lighter than on the Bb horn. On many triple and Double descants the Bb side seems to be a bit dodgy. I normally use an Alexander Full Double in my job (I am 3rd Horn i.e. a high player). Very rarely I get out my Alexander Double Descant (Bb/high f). I will use it for contemporary music where the composer has written insane parts for the horn with no understanding of the horn. Here the characteristic horn sound is not as important as making the music-like sounds that are written reasonably accurately. I will use my descant for Baroque music as needed, ( Bach - Christmas Oratorio (entries on top C going to topD) or various high crooked Cantatas. Strangely last time I played the 1st Brandenburg on 1st horn I played it on my double; Haydn high crooked Symphonies) and the occaisional high crooked Mozart. I may need the descant (high f) maybe once a year. In Romantic music I hate it when a player uses the high f side, as the horn tone goes all thin and trumpetlike detracting from the power of the music. Listen to the Vienna Philharmonic who play on Single F horns and compare it another orchestra. The sound they produce has a special magic to it in the big loud tutti passages. Another orchestra will still sound great but maybe misses something and if one of the players uses a high f side you can hear it. the overall sound just looses the fullness and tone. In short a triple is only useful to a professional and even though some play them all the time they very rarely actually use the high f side. If you are a younger player the weight could cause you physical problems. Get a good double. Look for a top of the range instrument (e.g. Alexander, Paxman, Lewis, Lawson, Yamaha 667VS, Schmid's are becoming popular in some parts) Always get the instrument tested by a well regarded professional before you buy as even top makers have duds. There are plenty of smaller boutique makers worth looking at in the US such as Sorley or De Haro or Atkinson plus other european makers. The general quality of these instruments is better than a mass produced Holton or a newer Conn (the older 8D's have a good reputation but I am not an 8D driver so I can only go on what I have been told.) Hope this helps you.

It was something that just happened when they made the transition between natural horns and valved horns. Both hunting horns and natural horns can be played right handed.

There is a German company, possibly Alexander or Finke that makes a horn you can order specially to be played with the right hand, though it is not your standard single, double or triple horn. I am pretty sure it is a descant, or pitched really high.

It's impractical and unnecessary. For what purpose would you need one, aside from missing your left hand?