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Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:52 pm
by TheHatTuba
Re: Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:13 pm
by Dan Schultz
KiltieTuba wrote:I thought those valves were from Martin? Or am I thinking of another tuba? Which one had those split valve tubing like that - wasn't it Martin?
Holton had the short action but were cupped instead of a hole straight through.
I don't recall Buescher having short action valves
Any idea why there are two separate 2nd valve slides?
Holton or Buescher did indeed have a 'siamese' set of ports on this horn. The dual port passages were intended to shorten the piston stroke without decreasing the bore. Two smaller bores fed into one. This is a very rare sousaphone. Belongs in a museum.
The 'other' Holton short-action pistons look like this:
Re: Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:26 pm
by Dan Schultz
Well! Who bought it?
Re: Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:20 am
by tubatech
Dan Schultz wrote:Well! Who bought it?
does anybody know how much its worth ???
Re: Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:13 am
by Mikelynch
I did not buy this. I do have a recording bell tuba by Harry B Jay with those valves. Lets say there could be a reason why we don't see more of these...
It's an interesting concept, but oval ports were a much better idea (particularly oval ports in the Allen rotary valves).
Re: Short Action Holton Souzie
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:45 pm
by tubatech
maybe there is (conn 20k short action) lawsuit ??????
