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Originally Posted by JamesEarleStewartJr So, to sum up the responses to the original post, nobody has the slightest clue, right? | Quite a few clues ... as to it being customized and probably overhauled. If it was either of those, only the person who owned at the time or the person who did the work at the time would know for sure.
Do you have a clue beyond the ones mentioned?
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No, I don't have any more clues than anyone else does. I just have conjecture and opinion. Personally I think it's exactly what my brother thinks his interesting new horn is: an Olds Recording with a solid nickel silver bell special ordered by some Navy band somewhere. Since Navy bandsmen usually wear white uniforms when performing, having them playing nickel silver instruments would look very sharp, much snazzier than all brass instruments. My guess is the band director who ordered the horns had a thing for Olds Recording instruments but didn't feel that having a third valve slide trigger was as useful as the first valve slide trigger. But like you said, who the hell really knows? Who can know except the person who originally ordered the horn(s)? Actually, all I was commenting on before was how much these discussions end up diverging from the original topic. No offense meant.