EXPOSITION YEAR CATALOGUE

OF

HOLTON BAND INSTRUMENTS

MAY, 1915

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SIMONE BELGIORNO
First and Solo Trombonist
Boston

Symphony

Orchest ra

IMONE BELGIORNO
enjoys the distinction
of being one of the youngest artists who
S
ever occupied a position in any orchestra of such
fame and quality.
Salerno,
Italy,
was his birthplace.
Commencing his studies at the age of seven, he located in Naples six years later. Under the guidance of Antonio Bianco, assistant conductor of
the Naples Municipal Band and pensioner of the
Royal San Carlos Theatre, Mr. Belgiorno developed rapidly.
As solo trombonist
in leading
opera houses and in other musical affairs patronized by the public and nobility of Naples, his
genius was recognized.
Continuing his studies in the United States,
Mr. Belgiorno was engaged as First and Solo
Trombonist of the St. Paul Symphony Orchestra
at the age of twenty-two.
His unusual ability
became known, and as a climax to a wonderful
record, he was selected by Dr. Muck as First
and Solo Trombonist
of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.
Shortly after his appointment
in
Boston, Mr. Belgiorno received a letter from
Count Jacomo De Poli in Italy, offering him
the position as Maestro de Trombone in Regio
Licea Musicale of Venice, Italy-an
unusual
honor.
Today. comparatively young in years, but brilliant in his knowledge of music and musical expression-a
master of the trombone-Mr.
Belgiorno holds one of the first positions in America and is considered one of the World's Greatest
Trombonists.
After twenty years-from
beginner to symphony artist-Mr.
Belgiorno selects one instrument
as
the best in all his exper ience. Is not his choice-his
practical opinion-a
good guide for you-in
testing and buying an instrument-in
making even greater advancement in your musical work?
Mr. Belgiorno has this to say about the Holton Trombone.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 22. 1915.
Mr. Frank Holton. Chicago. Ill.
Dear Sir:
The trombone which you sold me some time ago has proven
itself of best quality in every respect. tone. intonation, action, etc.
I have played it constantly at rehearsals and concerts with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra and write this after having given the instrument
the
t horough trial which alone could prove the qualities it possesses.
With my admiration, wishes and ldndest regards,
Respectfully yours.
SIMONE BELGIORNO,

Try One For Ten Days and We're Confident You'll Echo Mr. Belgiorno's Sentiments

HOLTON

BAND

INSTRUMENTS

Some Reasons Why HOLTONS Cannot Be Sold as Cheap as

Other Makes
They Are Made Differently,

and Cost More to Manufacture

OU can buy a pair of I2-inch stamped or spun brass cymbals for $2.50. A
pair of I2-inch genuine hand-hammered
Turkish Cymbals cost about $20.00,
and any band leader will tell you they are worth the difference.
The bells on HOLTON instruments are hand-hammered,
then spun.
l\Iost
other makes are stamped or spun only.
Get the point?
Compare the tone
and you will.
All HOLTON Trombones are now supplied with phosphor bronze stockings
and German silver inner tubing, making almost frictionless slides, and the Halloway patent is supplied on all HOLTON trombone slides. This entirely prevents
the oil spilling out and soiling the hands or clothes.
HOLTON instruments are made especially to meet the requirements
of the
professional musician.
Frank Holton was a professional musician for over twenty years.
There are
FRANK HOLTON
among his personal friends hundreds of the A-I professionals.
Mr. Holton knows what the professional musician
wants.
He conducts all experiments, and spends thousands of dollars every year in these experiments, endeavoring to find some way to further improve HOLTO I instruments.
When Mr. Holton is satisfied, after exhaustive
tests under his personal supervision, aided by competent musicians, that an instrument
is right, he sends a
number of these instruments out to prominent musicians in different parts of the country who are his pe.rsonal
friends, and after the instruments are carefully tried in business and solo playing, if found O. K. in every
respect, they are then placed on the market.
You can easily see why HOLTO IS cost more, and are worth more.
An instrument may be mechanically perfect, and yet be almost worthless from a musical standpoint, and while
it is very essential that an instrument be all right mechanically, the important part to the real musician is the
playing qualities, such as tune, character and carrying quality of tone, ease of blowing, proper resistance and
air pressure.
All these points depend largely on the proportions of the instrument, and this can only be determined by careful, intelligent experimenting.
"The HOLTON combines mechanical perfection with musical excellence."
Yes, it is true that the instruments are sold principally to professional musicians, but does it not seem logical
that if they suit the best professionals, they surely are the instruments for the amateur also? The amateur of
today, with the right instrument,
becomes the professional of tomorrow.
Do not buy an instrument simply because it plays easily. It is a very simple matter to make such an instrument, but there are many other essential points.
An instrument must have a certain amount of resistance and
the right air pressure in order to have the carrying quality of tone.
The first cost of a HOLTON is a little more, but all things considered, it is much cheaper in the end. The
satisfaction you get playing a HOLTON makes you soon forget the first cost.
Frank Holton & Co. cannot enter into price competition.
'I'hey admit they cannot meet the prices of other
manufacturers,
and make the HOLTON as good as they do. They make only one grade of instruments, and that
the very best.
Some manufacturers
list their instruments high and then give a large discount.
This is done to make you
think you are getting big value for your money. It's a trick; don't be fooled by it. HOLTO
instruments
sell
at the list prices and are worth the price.

Holton Instruments are the only American-Made Instruments

used to an appreciable extent in the great Symphony Orchestras
They are used in the following:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Orchestra
Thomas Orchestra
Damrosch's Orchestra
New York Russian Symphony Orchestra
Victor Herbert's Orchestra

in the principal Theatre Orchestras

Philadelphia
Symphony O~cl'-~)tra
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestw
Victor Phonograph Band
Edison Phonograph Band
Colum bia Phonograph Band

and by. more professional

musicians

than any other make

HOLTOK

BAND

INSTRUMENTS

BOTH PRESENT AND PAST DIRECTORS OF THE BOSTON

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDORSE HOLTON
BAND INSTRUMENTS
SYMPHONY

HALL

FlOSTON

The majority

of the trumpet and trombone players

of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

use instruments

made by

They are of high

Frank Ho Lton &: . Company. at Chicago.

'quality - of perfect pitch and even tune in all positions

which enables any good player to respond to all requirements
in regard to nuance,

Their PP are mellow and their

etc.

FF never vulgar.

Boston, April fourth. 1915.\

The above is from the Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He is, without doubt, the greatest orchestra director in this country, and probably in the world. This is the only endorsement he has ever given
for musical instruments.
Below is the endorsement of Dr. Max Fiedler, former Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and one of
the world's greatest orchestra directors:
BOSTON

SYMPHONY

MAX

FIEDLER.

C. A.
SYMPHONY

ELLIS.

ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR
MANAGER

HALL.

BOSTON

Boston, April 27, 1911.

I testify with great pleasure that the trombones made by Frank Holton in Chicago are excellent
instruments.
All the trombone players in the Boston Symphony Orchestra use them and I am delighted with the beautiful, round, soft and also powerful tone of these instruments.

The concerts to be given in San Francisco by the Boston Symphony Orchestra constitute the greatest musical events of the
Exposition season. This renowned organization, which is without a rival in the whole world, numbers with the managerial staff 108
persons arid arrives in San Francisco May 13 to give a series of twelve concerts in Festival Hall on the Exposition grounds from
May 15 to May 24. The entire strength of the orchestra comes to San Francisco in a special train. The organization makes no
stopovers en route and at midnight after the final . concert takes train again, arriving in Boston in time for a special concert on
Memorial Day.

HOLTON

INSTRUMENTS

BAND

THE "HOLTON SPECIAL"

11

SLIDE TROMBONE

Recognized as the "Standard Trombone" of America

has been in use by prominent trombonists
for ten years, and has won its way to the top on its merits alone.
It is the result of a
quarter of a century's
knowledge gained by Mr. Holton while soloist and business
trombonist
with some of the best musical
organizations
in the country and perfected
in ten years of practical
experience in mechanical construction.
Superior metal and skilled tempering,
combined with perfect graduating
of the metal and scientific proportions
of the bell
and tubing, have made the "Holton
Special"
the most perfect
trombone
manufactured.
It will be found superior
in solidity,
brilliancy and carrying quality of tone, and can be played in perfect tune in all positions.
The ease with which the tones in both
the highest and lowest registers
are produced, makes it possible to play the most difficult passages with very little effort.
Owing to the demand for low-pitch instruments,
also for instruments
in high pitch that can be played in low pitch, we have
perfected
the "Holton
Special"
Slide' Trombone to such an extent that it will be found it can be played in better tune in both
high and low pitch than any other trombone manufactured.
We also build this instrument
in low pitch only, at no extra cost, and
it will be found to be in perfect tune in every position.
Each high-pitched
slide trombone
is furnished
with a low-pitch tuning
slide at no extra cost.
No.1-Small
bore
6-inch bell
The size is a matter
of individual
taste to a great extent.
No. 2ljz-Medium
bore
6lf.e-inch bell
The small sizes give a little more brilliant tone, and are especially
No.3-Medium
bore
7-inch bell
adapted
for solo work and first and second trombone parts in
No.4-Medium
bore
7lf.e- or 8-inch bell
band.
No.5 is a wonderful trombone for those trombonists
who
No.5-Large
bore

8- or 81h-inch bell
desire a little larger tone.
There is nothing of its size that can
No.6-Symphony
Model, extra large bore
compare with it.
No. 6 is especially
adapted
for symphony
No.3 Medium Bore is a little larger bore than No. 2lf.e.
orchestra
or bass trombone in band.
For all-around
work we
recommend Nos. 2lf.e, 3 or 4.
No.4 Medium Bore is a little larger bore than No.3.

PRICES
Finish
Finish
Finish
Finish

Cash Installments
A-Brass
$48.00
$50.40
B-Silver,
sand-blast finish
58.00
60.90
D-Silv"lr,
sand-blast,
gold bell. . . . . . .. 62.00
65.10
F-Silver,
sand-blast,
gold bell, gold
trimmed .,. _.....
... _... _. . . . .. 70.00
73.50

IMPORTANT

MECHANICAL

Finish
Finish
All
See
See

H-Gold
I-Gold
previous
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IMPROVEMENTS

Cash. Installments
plated, sand-blast finish'
$123.00
$129.15
plated, burnished finish
" 133.00
139.65
prices are hereby canceled.
for Cases.
for complete, description of finishes and terms.

ON HOLTON

TROMBONES

The Halloway patent, consisting of a slight enlargement

of the outer slides at the top, making
spatter outside, soiling clothes or hands.
Phosphor Bronze stockings
now used.
A mixture
of this metal made especially
for us; it is
longest wearing of any metal known.
These slides work 50% easier than others.
Special German silver used for inside tubing, making slides stiffer, therefore less liable to spring.

it

impossible

the

nearest

for

the

oil to

frictionless

and

THREE WORLD FAMOUS TROMBONISTS USE THE WORLD'S

GREATEST TROMBONE
See photograph
First

CARLE HAIUPE
Trombone,
Boston Symllhony
Orchestra

As First
Trombonist
of the Boston
Symphony
Orchestra,
Carl Hampe occupies a position second to none that the
American musical profession offers.
For twenty-five
years Mr. Hampe has
occupied his present' position and during
that time has used foreign-made
instruments, as he was of the opinion that it
was impossible
for an American
manufacturer
to build a trombone suitable for
symphony
work.
Recently, however, being in the market
for a new trombone, previous to placing
his order in Europe he was induced to
try one of the New Holton German Symphony Models, and it did not take a very
long test for him to decide it was the
superior
of any other trombone
he had
used, and has placed himself on record as
an enthusiastic
admirer
of this instrument.
His letter follows:
Boston, December 2, 1910.
Mr. Frank Holton,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir: For twenty-five years, as first
trombonist
of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, I have had the opportunity
to try
many trombones,
some good and very
many bad. Your trombone is simply perfect.
I feel as though I could play for
twenty-five
years more on an instrument
of your make.
Every
good trombonist
should
take
note of the above facts,
Sincerely yours,
CARL S. HAMPE,
First Trombone with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

of these

gentlemen

Second

and their

instruments

A. ~IAUSEBACH
TrOlnbone, Boston Symphony
Orchestra

Mr. Mausebach,
second trombonist
of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has won
great admiration for his playing with this
organization
-and ranks
with the best
symphony tr ornbontst s In America.
It is a custom of the trombone section
of a symphony orchestra
of this kind to
use the same make of trombones,
and
when Mr. Hampe decided to try a Holton
Trombone, Mr. Mausebach as well as Mr.
Kenfield, the bass trombone player, placed
orders for instruments
to be sent on trial,
and their enthusiasm
is just as great as
Mr. Hampe's.
The Holton German Symphony Model is
the only American-made
trombone
that
has made good in the principal symphony
orchestras.
,
Mr. Mausebach's
letter, which follows,
endorses this instrumen t very emphatically:
Boston, Mass., Nov. 29, 1910,
My Dear Mr. Holton:
I have given
the Holton
Trombone,
which you sent some time ago,' a thorough trial, arid I must admit that it' is
an excellent iristrument
in every respect.
The tone qua.lf ty and workmanship
surpass any other trombone I have ever used
in Europe or America.
Sincerely yours,
A. MAUSEBACH,
Trombonist
with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.

on back

cover

Bass

L. S. KENFIELD
Trombone,
Boston
Symphony
Orcltestra

As a bass trombone player, Mr. Kenfield of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,

is undoubtedly the peer of any bass trombonist of the present day.
A bass trombone with "F" attachment
is an Instrument
that very few makers,
either American or European,
have succeeded in building satisfactorily,
but in
the Holton German Symphony Model with
attachment
to "F," Mr. Kenfield has found
an instrument
which he pronounces to be
the superior
of any other trombone
of
this kind manufactured,
and his endorsement of this instrument
is bound to be
considered by every bass trombonist
who
is looking for the best:
Mr. Kenfield's
letter follows:
Boston. Mass., Nov. 29, 1910.
My Dear Mr. Holton:
I find the Holton
German Symphony
Model with "F" attachment
a magnificent
trombone in every way.
I have used a
great many instruments
during the last
twenty-five years, but I have never found
one that so filled the bill as this one you
just made for me. It is not only superb
in tone, tune and workmanship,
but it is
also a beautiful
instrument
to look at.
I took it as soon as I unpacked it to a
rehearsal
of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra,
and have been using
it ever
since, and have not fonnd one fault.
I thank
you again for making
it as
you did, and wishing you the best of success, I remain,
Yours truly,
L. S. KENFIELD,
Trombonist
with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra.

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