Thanks to Joel & Shauna Meinhardt for this information! Warranty with original purchase date for 1926 Olds trombone! Olds and his original precision lathe! Thanks to Robb Stewart!īernie Marston's article about making valves for Olds Thanks to Bernie Marston! Two early The Olds Trumpets, from Robb StewartĪbove link also has a picture of the Olds Ivory Rim Mouthpiece!Īmazing two-bell Olds cornet! Thanks to Tom Meacham for these pics!į. Pictures of my The Olds trumpet #150 in original gold plate Pictures of The Olds trumpet #145 in original silverplate, Pictures of The Olds trumpet #144, thanks to Stan Ebin You can also explore the Olds Register at the Way Back Machine The Olds Register has gone offline but here is a copy of the pdf database The Olds Register (PDF) Of the 5-digit codes on Custom Olds trumpets! Thanks to Dale Olson and Olds History by Dale Olson, at Robb Stewart's site More newspaper articles on Olds (PDF): Instruments Made Here Used Throughout the World Flugelhorn added to the lineup R.E.Olds passes away (1970) Plant closes (1979) Important notice for eBay sellers or anyone else selling instruments Please read!

E Olds and Son 1928-1979Īssorted discoveries, facts, and theories relating to trumpets made by F. While this is considered a feature of the bass trombone, its use in the tenor instruments is not unknown.Olds Central: Information on trumpets and cornets by F. The addition of the F tubing with rotary valve on a bass trombone to fill the five semi-tone gap between the E below the staff to pedal Bflat was first done by Adolph Sax. In applying sound mechanical principals to slide design and a more conical design to the air column, he ushered in the new era of the trombone. Olds, the master mechanic, realized the essence of the trombone was the facility of the slide. Unwieldy slides greatly inhibited the free flow of music they were capable of producing. Until the origin Olds trombone patents of 1912, the trombone had advanced little in mechanical perfection.

(The trombone slide is simply an elongated, easily operated tuning slide.) The trombone is essentially a big slide trumpet- in fact, the name trombone means in Italian “big trumpet.” While there are unverified stories dating the trombone back to the Spartans in 685 B.C., the first authenticated trombone arrived in the 14th century with the first use of the tuning slide.

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