Bandmaster wrote:BTW, this eBay seller KNOWS what he has and has lots of experience selling horns like this. His name is Steve Call and he is the tuba professor at BYU in Utah. I bought my Holton 345 from him on eBay back in 2003. This York should be in playable condition as it is.... otherwise he would say so.
Just like yours was, eh Dave?
Actually, the Holton I bought from Steve was VERY playable when I got it. He had overhauled the valves at Andersons a couple of years earlier, had all the major dents removed and had taken it to Italy and played it himself in a dixieland band at a European jazz festival. Steve told me the history of the horn before I bought it, including how he rescued it from a high school band in Utah. It just looked like warmed over crap with all those patches! But I guess in dixieland circles looking like crap is cool... I played it for seven months before I took it up to Dan. I liked how it played, that's why I wanted to spend the money on it!
But I guess in dixieland circles looking like crap is cool... I played it for seven months before I took it up to Dan. I liked how it played, that's why I wanted to spend the money on it!