| I have been playing a bunch of Reynolds for a while now and have found them to be far better than I ever hoped.
The King Superior was created about the time FA Reynolds was working as King's VP of production I believe so he probably was closely involved with the creation of your King Superior cornet. He left White Instrument Manufacturing (ie King) in 1936 to start his own company. In 1947 he sold his company to his son Roth. Retired and then became head of production at Olds a year or so later. There are a couple good example of his horns on eBay right now. Do a search for Reynolds in Musical Instruments. They go for vertually nothing and are great players.
The Roth Cornet is like a light weight improvement on his design for the Superior.
The Hi-Fi Cornetl was a light weight improvement of his design for the King Master.
Both are nice instruments. The Roth has a .457" bore while the Hi-Fi has a .460" bore
Ebay has several Emperor trumpets listed these are a step up from the Medallist. The Roth is a step above the Emporer. The Roth appears to be very similiar to the later LA Olds Ambassador.
My Emperor has a .457" bore. My Roth Trumpet ios a .455" bore
If you need any Reynolds parts I have several junkers that I found beyond repair. Send me an email through this site and let me know what you might need.
I hope this helps
Gill |