Expert: Kenton Scott - 5/26/2006

Question
Kenton,

I think you are mistaken. The questioner said that the pinky valve lowered pitch by a half-step. On the Sansone Bb the pinky (5th) valve was the long tubing that lowered pitch by the rough equivalent of  valves 1+3 - similar to the 4th valve on a piccolo trumpet. The 1st or thumb valve was a muting valve - so it seems as though the questioner's Holton reverses that Sansone pattern. BTW, I've got a Sansone 5-valve made by Kruspe in Erfurt.
Mark Anderson

Answer
>I think you are mistaken.

Oh, I wouldn't find that surprising.  Only problem is, that though I do try to field questions on AllExperts, I haven't gotten very well versed on its structure, and I don't know how to get back to what the original conversation was all about.

Hopefully, the original questioner will find your information, and not be mis-led by anything I may have said.

Thanks


Kenton