Posted by Rick Denney on December 21, 2002 at 11:42:16:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Ho Ho Holton! posted by Steve Dedman on December 21, 2002 at 04:05:09:
To me also. But up close, there's no hint of UMI anywhere to be seen. The diameter of the valves and the valve caps look more Yorkish than UMI-ish, but I'm not that familiar with such details to draw conclusions.
Looking more closely at the pics on the ebay sale, I have to think that the difference I see is more a difference in ages, and perhaps a difference in the pile from which Holton pulled the valve block (did Holton get valves from a supplier?).
Rick "with a whole list of curiosities to research while bleeding chops heal" Denney