Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher

[humBell]

https://hartford.craigslist.org/msg/d/m ... 18209.html

[humBell]

I can check with the seller if ya want.

I got a sneaking suspicion it is the same seller who sold a particularly large Holton helicon fairly recently. But i could be wrong...

[humBell]

Too lazy to actually contact 'em, but they have updated the pictures so it is obviously a raincatcher to those who don't know sousaphones...

[Kirley]

Looks like a possible contender for a CC helicon conversion.
Not that I condone such behavior.

[Tubajug]

That's a mighty fat bell throat right there!

[toobagrowl]

Yeah, it looks 20k-sized.

[Gongadin]

It looks like there's a modified tuning slide on there - perhaps to bring it down to low pitch from high pitch? Or am I viewing the photos incorrectly?

[edsel585960]

Looks to be about the same size as my Holton Raincatcher. 20K ish.

[bigtubby]

It looks like there's a modified tuning slide on there - perhaps to bring it down to low pitch from high pitch? Or am I viewing the photos incorrectly?

Yes, common practise back in the early 20th Century.

I have several York Monster Eb tubas - older ones have the "W" tuning slide, slightly newer ones have a curly cue ingeniously arranged to be switched between high and low pitch.