- Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Number
- Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Number List For Sale
- Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Numbers
F.E. Olds & Sons, Los Angeles and Fullerton, California
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1947 Ambassador introduced at around 27,000; 1954 Trombone and trumpet serial number lists merged; 1955 production moved from LA to Fullerton (between 149,6xx, 150,3xx) 1956 eliminated large-shank mouthpiece receiver on cornetss (189,611) 1958 redesigned Ambassador cornets & trumpets. Pinky ring changed to hook, bracing changed.(246,5xx and 248. This is a list of the basic line of trumpets made over the past 70 years or so. Early Models were: The Olds Trumpet - Olds Standard - Olds Military - Olds Symphony - Olds Hammered Bell The Standard Bb Trumpets were 1. Opera (Olds only large bore trumpet) 6.
1928c F.E. Olds - Hammered Bell 7XX collection Tom Meacham
1929 Olds Cornet with hammered bell (881) In the first year of Olds cornet production, the design ws fairly ordinary, and had no model name. As near as I can tell, this was replaced around 1930 with the design I generally refer to as 'The Olds” or “Standard” -- and is the model I play for gigs. Both were available with the optional hand-hammered bell, which later became standard on the Military Model cornet and trumpet. This example had been nicely re-lacquered in the past. Obviously a well-cared for instrument, it still has its original case, key, and mouthpiece.
- Getzen 300 Series B-flat Trumpet, serial # K93040, complete with case and practice book. Oct 09, 2015 Olds Serial Number List. Olds Ambassador - Serial Numbers copia web site which has a lot of info and photos of Olds trumpets and other Ebay search for Olds trumpets. I just picked up a 1947 Ambassador trumpet, serial number 27,082.
- Olds Trumpet and Cornet Serial Numbers — Robb Stewart. Posted: (4 days ago) Olds Serial Numbers and Dates for Trumpets and Cornets. When I started researching the history of F.E. Olds and Son about 35 years ago, there was very little known about the early years of this company.
- Posted: (4 days ago) See Robb Stewart's more recent serial number data for Olds cornets and trumpets 1929-1949: My original trumpet serial number estimates 1929-1952: Lars Kirmser's posting of the published serial number list beginning in 1952 at The Music Trader: Surveys of eBay closing prices for olds horns: survey done in 2000 Survey done.
1929 F.E. Olds 'Hammered Bell' Trumpet (60X) This was made during the first year that Olds made trumpets, and must be one of the first made with the distintive hammered finish on the bell. Later, this would become standard on the Olds Military model trumpet and cornet, and an available option on other models as well. I continue to search for a Military model cornet.
1931 F.E. Olds - 'The Olds' 4,0XX
1934 F.E. Olds - Super 6,6XX
1934 F.E. Olds - Standard 7,2XX
1936 F.E. Olds - Super Recording 8,2XX
1937 F.E. Olds - Special 8,9XX
1947 F.E. Olds - Super 19,8XX
Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Number
1949 F.E. Olds - Super Recording 45,8XX
(restoration by Rich Ita's Brass Instrument Workshop)
1951 F.E. Olds - Special Trumpet 62,XXX
(my Father's trumpet, restoration by Rich Ita's Brass Instrument Workshop)
1951 F.E. Olds - Recording 72,8XX
(restoration by Rich Ita's Brass Instrument Workshop)
1953 F.E. Olds - Ambassador 90,7XX
(restoration by Rich Ita's Brass Instrument Workshop)
1956 F.E. Olds - Mendez M-5 Cornet 185,5XX
1961 F.E. Olds - Opera 333,1XX (first version - the Opera was almost entirely nickel-silver, with brass details)
1966 F.E. Olds - Special 561,5XX
1968 F.E. Olds - Opera 630,1XX (second version - the Opera was almost entirely nickel-silver, with brass details)
Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Number List For Sale
1978 F.E. Olds - A-6S Ambassador Short Shepherd's Crook A35,1XX Note: this is a factory-built professional cornet, which was originally made for export to Wales. The use of the name Ambassador may seem confusing, but according to the late, famed trumpeter Irving Bush, was selected as being more appropriate for the English market, as in 'British Ambassador'. The design had nothing to do with the popular student instrument. Note the first and third triggers, as seen on the top-line Mendez!
Olds Ambassador Trumpet Serial Numbers
NEW! The Olds Guarantee covered a lot of things, but lacquer was not one of them! See how Olds explained it on this page from gurarantee booklet from the mid-50s.
'LACQUER IS NOT GUARANTEED'