Holton 345

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:57 pm

Beautiful work. Just by looking, surely they play as well as they look!

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:09 am

harold wrote:Although they look like tuna cans on a stick, they are actually pretty close to Conn Helleberg on the interior configuration.

Are you sure? The Revolution 52 that I bought is an absolute bath tuba in size. It make my G&W Bayamo look small. More than 3/8" deeper in fact, much wider at the rim and an even larger back bore. Plus the inner rim is very rounded, not sharp at all like my Conn Helleberg. Either your has been modified or mine has...

Either way I will be sending it up to Dan to have him fix it up to go along with my Holton 345. So he will tell me what the scoop is then.

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:16 am

bloke wrote:
Bandmaster wrote:Are you sure? The Revolution 52 that I bought is an absolute bath tuba in size.
yup

Yup, they are actually pretty close to Conn Helleberg on the interior configuration... or Yup, they are absolute bath tuba in size?

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:09 am

I have tried the Revolution 52 that I have on several of my horns and it plays fairly well with a good sound but the cup is so wide that I am not sure I could get used to it. The rim needs to be smoothed out a little, so maybe after Dan cleans it up I'll give it a serious try on my Holton, when I get it back. I'll keep an eye out for a Revolution 50 as well. Maybe it will be just a little bit smaller.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:18 am

Dave, they're "Revelation"s

(If they made revolutions, they'd have to be red brass)

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:59 pm

harold wrote:How do they play? Like they were designed to be used on this horn. Amazing what happens when you pay attention to the experts.

Huh? My Revelation 52 has earned the nickname "woofmeister" in my collection. Try a PT-48 in your Holton for a while, and see if you don't prefer its greater color and clarity.

Rick "color, clarity, and carat-weight" Denney

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:18 am

Woofy does not even begin to describe this thing.

How about: "Like blowing into Roseanne's butt"?

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