Model:  Holton

Sax: 

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  This Holton mouthpiece has a metal table and is inscribed “Holton” (in slanted letters), “PAT. JAN, 192X” (last digit illegible) and “PAT APPLIED FOR” on the metal shank. Note the unusual screw to tighten the shank.

Model:  Holton

Sax:  alto

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  This Holton mouthpiece also has a metal table.

Model:  Holton

Sax:  tenor

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  This Holton mouthpiece also has a metal table. It is inscribed “PATENT PENDING FOR HOLTON” on the shank.

Frank Holton was the first trombonist in John Phillip Sousa’s band, and opened an instrument store in Chicago, IL, in 1898. After initial success with his trombone slide-oil, he expanded his business and started making brasswind instruments in 1901, and woodwinds sometime around 1917/18 after moving from Chicago, IL, to Elkhorn, WI. Each Holton saxophone came with a Holton mouthpiece. Prior to 1907 Holton was engaged in a working relationship with York Instrument Co. Since 1964 the company has been a subsidiary of the G. Leblanc Corp. The Frank Holton company is the oldest continually operating  wind company in the USA.

Frank Holton

Left: A cut through a Holton saxophone mouthpiece (both images from the book “A Trip Through The Holton Factory” by Frank Holton and Co., Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1920 (pamphlet 56-4071).

Model:  Holton

Sax:  tenor

Material:  hard rubber

Chamber:

Baffle:

Description:  This is a Holton mouthpiece for soprano saxophone with a tip opening of 0.055”.