> date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:57:12 -0500 > from: "Leonard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: [Hornlist] Holton's German Design team > > Wrong list or not, I had heard the same story from Farkas, he told them= > =20 > they had the worst horn in the business and they asked him to help design a= > =20 > better one. I once had my hands on a very old Kruspe that the owner said w= > as the=20 > horn Phil copied the layout from while he was studying with him. It had th= > e=20 > Holton-looking layout with the Bb tuning slide but an enormous bell. =20 > Unfortunately he had let the kids at the junior high use it for years and i= > t was toast. > > - Steve Mumford>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > I am very bad with Holton model numbers. The Kruspe I had for a few weeks = > was laid out like the standard Holton, was medium bore, and nickle silver.= > It reminded me a great deal of the Holtons with that configuration. I th= > ink Kruspe made that design some years after the Horner models the 8D is co= > pied after. Can anyone back me up on the name "New Symphony" being the Kru= > pse model that Holton copied? > > Leonard in Laredo
Leonard, I'm not at all familiar with the Holton horn in question, but I can shed a bit of light concerning the Kruspe "New Symphony" model. I bought this one as a basket case and had it restored. See link below. It is definitely made of yellow brass, and somewhat resembles the Conn 6D in overall configuration. It does have a separate Bb tuning slide on the front of the horn (see pics). As best as I can measure with my calipers, it has a .472" bore (i.e. "large" bore, a la 8D), and the bell throat feels to me to be the same size as an 8D or Lawson Fourier. In fact, it plays very similar to an 8D. It also has what appears to be a nickle silver krantz around the edge of the bell. The bell measures 12 1/4" in diameter. The engraving (complete with the eagle as other Kruspes), has "New Symphony Model" and "Made in Germany" spelled out in English. Perhaps intended for the English speaking export market? The best info I have on its history (from another owner) is that they were supposedly built sometime during the 1920's. Here are a couple of pics of my horn that I uploaded last night for anyone who is interested. http://www.geocities.com/sewelljp57/index.html And to confuse the issue even more, a Kruspe catalog from 1930 published on the Japanese website below (brought to my attention by Kendall Betts) indicates that this horn was also known as the "Walter" model at some point in its career. http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall-Horn/2569/kruspe/krusp.html Is it safe to say that the "New Symphony" model is not the horn that you were remembering? It sounds more like the one Steve M. was describing. Regards, Jay Sewell Granbury, Texas _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
