If you can afford the Paxman, throw the Holtons in the dumpster. If you can't
afford it, then just wait. It would save you from later having to "upgrade".
Chris
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> On May 31, as the result of my performance at state solo and ensemble
> contest, my family went to Wichita to look at horns. I tried several great
> horns, and finally i had settled on two: a Paxman model 23 and a Holton 180.
> They played similarly, but the prices were like night and day. The Paxman
> was a titanium valve, screw bell, with lacquer, in short it had everything
> but diamond studded valve caps. So, my parents chose the 180 because it was
> considerably cheaper. this last week I attended band camp at Central
> Missouri State University and had the horn checked out by Dr. Gary Moege. He
> said I played well on it, and it wa a good horn. The next saturday, I
> convinced my dad to drive me to Wichita Band Instrument Company and look at
> the 281, because I found in trying out horns that a rose brass bell was
> easier to play and got a better, darker sound.
> While I was there Richard Benson, the resident horn player at Wichita band
> and also a great person, told me that he had gone to Bloomington and heard
> the performances on Friday said that two people there had used this, and
> handed me an Alexander 103 to try out. I liked it a lot, but I went on to
> try two Holton 281s, one of which was of okay quality and the other, which
> we bought, was a great horn. I was wondering what everyone knows about
> Holton 281s or just the characteristics of Holtons in general. We have a 10
> day trial period after which we cannot return the horn.
> any comments would be appreciated
> William Foss
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