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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Friends...

    Someone offered this to me after a Christmas Eve gig, and I went for it!!

    It's a Holton 58 Bass Trumpet, 1957 vintage...

    Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
    Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
    bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
    Shires Q41, Yamaha 321, 621 Baritone
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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Very cool find. What does it sound like?


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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Did you happen to record yourself playing it?

    Dave Werden (ASCAP)
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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Hmm ... not familiar with the Holton 58, but from the way you're holding the horn, I presume it's a piston valve rather than a rotary valve horn?

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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Originally posted by: fsung Hmm ... not familiar with the Holton 58, but from the way you're holding the horn, I presume it's a piston valve rather than a rotary valve horn?
    I think it looks like this one, in the lower half of the photo (click the photo to go to the site that has this photo):



    Dave Werden (ASCAP)
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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Hi, all!

    Thanx for your interest in this find. It came to me totally out of the blue! Dave, I wish my 58 were as pristeen as the one in the photo. Mine has severe cases of "left-in-the-attic-for-decades-itis" and "some-repair-student-used-me-for-a-class-project-and-got-a-D-itis."

    It has a few dents that are going to be removed and solder joints that need to be redone. There is a repair wizard near my son's college in Evansville, IN (I am near Indianapolis). As soon as he is done with it, I will fire up Band-In-A-Box, play a tune or two, and post a recording.

    As some of you may know, I play french horn parts on euph in our brass quintet. While I can make the notes on my Willson, it's just the wrong sound. My Yamaha 321 comes closer, and I have had great results with a Yamaha Baritone. I am hoping this will work too.

    Stay tuned...horn goes to repair person on Jan 6.

    Thanx again for the responses!

    Jim
    Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
    Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
    bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
    Shires Q41, Yamaha 321, 621 Baritone
    Wick 4AL, Wessex 4Y, or whatever I grab.
    Conn 50H trombone, Blue P-bone
    www.soundcloud.com/jweuph

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    Very Odd-looking Euphonium

    Originally posted by: Snorlax
    As some of you may know, I play french horn parts on euph in our brass quintet. While I can make the notes on my Willson, it's just the wrong sound. My Yamaha 321 comes closer, and I have had great results with a Yamaha Baritone. I am hoping this will work too.
    Hmm ... it's been a number of years (decades, actually) since I played a bass trumpet, but I always thought they blew and sounded like a stuffy valve trombone, so ...

    it'll probably be perfect.

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