Short Action Holton Sousaphone

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Re: Short Action Holton Sousaphone

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Meh. There is a reason these valvesets are pretty rare. They work pretty well, but the plumbing isn't conducive for a 4 valve cluster, the seal isn't as good as normal pistons, and the Conn short action is better overall. Beautiful horn, but more interesting from a historical perspective than a performance one.
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Shore is purtier than mine! From a collector point of view this is a great buy. I only know of three others.
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Re: Short Action Holton Sousaphone

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I'm having trouble getting the US Patent Office website to display the Holton 'short-action' patents. Does anyone have a proper link?

patents 1457623 (1923) and 1952742 (1934)
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