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Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:35 am
by humBell
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:58 pm
by 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...
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:38 pm
by 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...
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:44 am
by Kirley
Looks like a possible contender for a CC helicon conversion.
Not that I condone such behavior.
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:25 pm
by Tubajug
That's a mighty fat bell throat right there!
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:43 pm
by toobagrowl
Yeah, it looks 20k-sized.
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:05 pm
by 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?
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:34 pm
by edsel585960
Looks to be about the same size as my Holton Raincatcher. 20K ish.
Re: Hartford CL Holton Raincatcher
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:36 pm
by bigtubby
Gongadin wrote: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.
