John Mason wrote:
In an article published the The Horn Call (May, 1998),
he argues convincingly that, in his words, valves were
invented to make brass instruments chromatic and that
the idea that the valves were invented as a "mere
crook changing devices" is a myth.
The article is online:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~jqerics/why_valve.htm
Having read that article, among others, I think it's a matter of
perspective. The *inventors* invented the valves in an attempt to make
brass instruments fully chromatic. Many *horn players* began using the
valves as mere crook-changing devices at first and later started using
them in the more modern way.
Greg
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