Holton Revelation Tenor Sax

[jdssax]

I have a Frank Holton & Co. tenor sax that has - Revelation, made by.. above the Holton name. According to the serial no. - 118552, it was made in 1935 - which fits, as my father played it in school about then. can anyone help me with info on the Revelation model? Was it a low end, school model or what ? Any idea of value - in pretty good condition. Thanks

[hgrail]

I don't have a Revelation, but FWIW I have a '52ish Holton 241 tenor that has a decent keyboard, but excellent sound (especially through the lower range). Have been playing it about 10 years.

Have had a tough time finding info on the Holtons - and generally not revered as a collector horn. The later Holtons were really copies of the Conn 10M series - the funky keywork went away (fine with me).
Enjoy the horn if it plays well.
Good luck - and post if you find anything.
John

Oh yeah, and I believe prior to the 1950's there were no "student horns" so all horns were "pro" to varying degrees.

[Tandava]

I don't have a Revelation, but FWIW I have a '52ish Holton 241 tenor that has a decent keyboard, but excellent sound (especially through the lower range). Have been playing it about 10 years.

Have had a tough time finding info on the Holtons - and generally not revered as a collector horn. The later Holtons were really copies of the Conn 10M series - the funky keywork went away (fine with me).
Enjoy the horn if it plays well.
Good luck - and post if you find anything.
John

Oh yeah, and I believe prior to the 1950's there were no "student horns" so all horns were "pro" to varying degrees.

Would be great to see how looks Holton 241 tenor octave mechanism...very nice built pro horn...just my octave mechanism post and main key who moves neck key is missing...any picture would help to rebuilt this nice horn...Jerry gorgona94513@yahoo.com