Big Holton with King valveset at Baltimore Brass

EdFirth · Post by **EdFirth** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 1:48 pm

Have any of you folks played on this 345 Holton with the King valveset and slides, and, if so, what were your impressions on it? Thanks, Ed

EdFirth · Post by **EdFirth** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:43 pm

It's gotta be .687, Right? Just a misprint. Ed

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:13 pm

Unless it's one of those peashooter BATs.

Jose the tuba player · Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:55 pm

David Fedderly · Post by **David Fedderly** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:06 am

Hi Tubenetters,

Sorry it took so long to respond but I have been out of town and just saw this thread. The valve set on the Holton is actually a Holton valve set, a 1-2-3 original with a matched #2 Holton valve grafted onto the 3rd valve. We did this years ago here at Baltimore Brass Co. and Albert Houde did the work. The confusion I think comes from the fact that you noticed the King finger buttons which I think we put on to replace the very small buttons Holton used to use. So the bore size on the website is actually correct.

Thanks for ;listening,
David Fedderly

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:51 am

David Fedderly wrote:Hi Tubenetters,

Sorry it took so long to respond but I have been out of town and just saw this thread. The valve set on the Holton is actually a Holton valve set, a 1-2-3 original with a matched #2 Holton valve grafted onto the 3rd valve. We did this years ago here at Baltimore Brass Co. and Albert Houde did the work. The confusion I think comes from the fact that you noticed the King finger buttons which I think we put on to replace the very small buttons Holton used to use. So the bore size on the website is actually correct.

Thanks for ;listening,
David Fedderly

Wouldn't that be .748" (effectively .750) rather than .478"?? .478" is smaller than the diameter of the shank of an American shank mouthpiece. The listing says it has a King valve set on it. This is what the baltimorebrass.net listing for the horn says:

baltimorebrass.net wrote:4 valve 6/4 Tuba in silver. Outfitted with a lacquered King valve section by Albert Houde. 20" bell, 0.478" bore. Known for its expansive, orchestral sound.

David Fedderly · Post by **David Fedderly** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:39 am

Thank you for the heads up about the website. It has now been changed to say Holton. OOPS!

David Fedderly

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