User Reviews of Holton Merker-Matic Double French Horn H175

For over $3,000, this was the WORST horn I have ever owned! Cranky, sluggish valves and some other quality control issues made this a regrettable purchase. I sold it less than a year later...I couldn't put up with the slow valve action any longer. Holtons are notirous for this, and mine was no exception. Awful, simply awful. Even the factory rep. acknowledged there were problems with Farkas and Merker models. Never again.