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For Sale: Frank Holton Eb TUBA serial # 53xx. ( manufacture date 1908?? ) NOT low pitched: replaced tuning slide to bring pitch in line, replaced leadpipe, and updated receiver so it fits large type american shanks.
Includes original case: not flight worthy, straps/handles need repair. Valves are pitting but work fine, numerous small dents and dings as to be expected on an almost 100 year old horn. Good sounding instrument!!!!

$500.00 OBO to include shipping to CONUS. Anywhere else is negotiable.

Picture links below

Any questions or interest please pm me

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Wha chu talkin bout willis?



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The pedal register is Beefy. The range from low Bnatural to the Eb below can be falsed or ghosted. Is this better on this horn than others? I can not make that comparison, but it's not hard for me to perform these notes. The pedals pop right out ( from pedal Eb to B natural) and sound great!

Intonation: Depending on the mouthpiece I use, sometimes the upper register is a tad flat. The bigger the mouthpiece, the easier to get it right on. When I use a smaller moutpiece (and I usually never really play these) I have more problems, (so I'm not sure it's so much the horn as the player : )

More pics follow:

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