Here's a neat old sax by Frank Holton, the serial # dates this to 1910 which seems quite old for a horn with same side bell keys, most pre world war II saxophones I see have the split key design, B and Bb are on different sides of the bell.
Also this horn doesn't have a Bis key!
And not uncommon for the era there is no front F.
No forked Eb which WAS common for this era!
This horn played well on mostly VERY old pads......they not only didn't have resonators they didn't have rivets either! I replaced a few bad pads to get the horn playing and was very impressed with its sound.
Seems at some point the horn was re-lacquered, and done very well!
The model is Revelation.
Thumbs up!
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