What horn is this?
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What horn is this?
Hi people,
a friend of mine found this photo and was wondering if I could identify the horn. I can't, but I also feel that I've seen a photo of a similar one somewhere. Can anyone helps please?
a friend of mine found this photo and was wondering if I could identify the horn. I can't, but I also feel that I've seen a photo of a similar one somewhere. Can anyone helps please?
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Re: What horn is this?
Holton Professional Model ca 1932-1936. Can't remember the model number off-hand, maybe No. 60? I can check a catalog later.
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Re: What horn is this?
I always though that horn was an Olds. Wasn't that the horn that hung in Larry Minick's shop?
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Re: What horn is this?
No, this is a Holton.
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Andy
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Re: What horn is this?
That tuning mechanism is interesting.
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Re: What horn is this?
It's similar to the TIS method, but on the bell. The tuning slide bow is rather large.
Haven't seen one in the flesh. Wonder how they played.
Haven't seen one in the flesh. Wonder how they played.
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Re: What horn is this?
Awesome! Thank you
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Re: What horn is this?
On the other hand we have the Conn 44H "razorbell" (Vocabell) that looked cool and actually played well.
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Re: What horn is this?
Is that Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame?
It looks like he knows how to hold and play the darned thing.
--Andy in OKC
It looks like he knows how to hold and play the darned thing.
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Re: What horn is this?
I don't know. If his playing was any good, why would someone be poking him in the eye with a violin bow?
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Re: What horn is this?
Actually, the picture has been cropped so that Stan Laurel's best friend Oliver Hardy was removed. He is to Stan's right with the most priceless look on his face --- totally oblivious to the carnage his violin bow is inflicting. I LOVE those two guys !
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Re: What horn is this?
Y'all haven't spend much time around violin players, have you?Leisesturm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:51 am I don't know. If his playing was any good, why would someone be poking him in the eye with a violin bow?
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Re: What horn is this?
Yes the "Vocabell" Conn 44h is a fine horn. Very thick bell and likewise the tuning slide. The whole horn is thicker. It's built like a tank and no bell-ring. Despite this the response is quick and it plays really well. Looks cool too.
/Tom