Holton Custom 179/378 Hybrid Double French Horn VERY GOOD COMPRESSION (Free Shipping Lower 48 States)

Holton Custom 179/378 Hybrid Double French Horn VERY GOOD COMPRESSION (Free Shipping Lower 48 States)Up For Your Consideration Is A Real Treat! This is a very nice build that consisted of a Holton 378 Valve Cluster with Very good compression added to a Holton Farkas H179 Bell Flare and Tail! Boy oh boy did this project work out! THIS HORN IS A PLAYER! The 378 valve cluster has a valve compression reading between . 6 1. 5 for all the valves. The valves are fast, quiet, and responsive with very good compression. The valve cluster still has the original

The bell Flares and Tails in the pictures are available for purchase in separate listings

The lead pipe was separated from its original owner

I have several Old's Single French Horns for sale along with other Single French Horns

I recently took this horn to IHS and hope to have some comments and feedback on the playability horn to add to my description very soon

The horn is being sold "as is" and I will not be offering my normal 10 no fuss return policy with this particular horn after full disclosure that this horn will need to have the valves rebuilt

I had a Silver Flare made by Miles O'Malley

this one will not disappoint

move freely

The horn comes with a Conn Case with 3 functioning latches

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Sansone established his own shop at 1658 Broadway in New York in 1925 advertising it as The Worlds Largest French Horn House

The horn is priced at $5