Please see the pictures for the condition of the horn! There aren't any clear signs of red rot on the leadpipe. As you can see in the photos, there's a fair amount of lacquer loss. You can see that it has been worked on in several places.
There are a few dents in the bell bow, the ends of the first and third slides, and one or two other small dents. Serial Number Physical Features Information 0 'Ambassador' Cornet: Bell type: Normal Bore mark: none Manufacture Location: Fullerton Est. It has been professionally cleaned here at the shop, and we replaced the felts and corks. This is an Olds Ambassador cornet from the mid 1970's. My understanding is that Roe Plimpton collaborated with the designer and fellow Olds employee, Peter Sekora, in designing this tool.Another vintage cornet for sale here at ACB!
Olds Superstar Pro Commercial Bb trumpet with inline ported valves & explosion-formed. Olds Opera Pro nickel bell trumpet, 1968. Olds T-10 Studio Bb trumpet, 1964 (1948 design) Olds M-10 Mendez Bb trumpet, 1953. On the far right is a tool used for measuring the diameter of the cup. Olds Ambassador student line Bb cornet, 1971 (1947 design) Olds 'Ambassador' Bb trumpet, 1976. The second and third tools from the right are backbore cutting tools of which there are several dozen in the collection, although most are duplicates made in the Olds toolroom. He had dozens of these in his tool box, each showing four to eight rim profiles and he obviously put great importance on the precise rim shape. maker to have produced over one million brass instruments. They also supplied imported woodwind instruments in the Ambassador line. The nickel plate below that is a template used when hand cutting the rim shape. By the 1960s, Olds was producing trumpets, cornets, slide and valve trombones, alto horns, mellophones, french horns, euphoniums, tubas and sousaphones. The top middle cutter came from a different source and is the sort of tool that Olds used for cutting the cups in the 1970s. There are about 60 of these in his tool box, mostly labeled as copies of other maker's mouthpieces and including trumpet, cornet, French horn, alto, trombone and tuba. The three cutters in the upper left are all used in the tool holder seen in the lower left. The fourth photo shows a small sampling of Roe Plimpton's tools. The middle example has an ivory rim and cup, which Olds had offered in trombone mouthpieces from at least 1925, although none of the known catalogs show this option for trumpet. Comes with carrying case and accessories. This is a preowned item in good condition. The circa 1934 catalog shows both the funnel shape and bowl shapes made concurrently for different models. Vintage 1960s Olds Ambassador Fullerton California Cornet Trumpet 729660 With case. These are stamped: “Olds 27”, “Olds” and “Olds OS”. The first photo shows three trumpet mouthpieces made before about 1935 but not likely before the introduction of the Olds trumpets in 1928. I know that some of the tools were removed from the tool box before I acquired it, but it is still a good representation of what he used over the decades.
Roe Plimpton was a highly regarded professional trombone player and made custom mouthpieces for Olds from about 1930 until just before his death in 1963. Just a few came to me with the instrument for which it was originally supplied.Ī related collection is comprised of tools and a few mouthpieces that I purchased from Richard Plimpton, the son of Roe Plimpton. Most of these came to me randomly in boxes of mouthpieces or in instrument cases where they didn't originate. This is by no means a comprehensive representation, but shows changing styles and a few custom ordered examples. Olds of Los Angeles and Fullerton, California, was donated to the NMM in the fall of 2008 by the collectors widow, Nancy, of La Cañada, California. That said, I wanted to share some of the early mouthpieces from F.E. The Arnold Ruskin Collection, consisting of 153 outstanding trumpets, cornets, and flugelhorns assembled to document the models produced by F. My years in this business, including making some mouthpieces, have taught me that mouthpieces are a specialty beyond what I do. Most importantly, I try to identify mouthpieces that most likely came with the instrument in question when new. Not being expert in the subject, I'm usually careful to avoid saying too much about mouthpieces other than identifying style, age and maker where possible.