Thanks Tootsall. As you can tell, I'm still a beginner at this kind of stuff, even though I've built 3 or 4 different websites. The one I made for my Ham Radio club is even pretty extensive:
www.qsl.net/emporiaars
but I am still learning as I go. I was trying to make a link to the webpage so the comments I had made about the Olds could be read. I have made another page without the space between olds and recording, so that should make a "clickable" link. To see the comments, click here
www.qsl.net/kc0pto/oldsrecording.html
Yes, it plays as good as it looks. I had bought a Olds Recording in a LA pawnshop around 1957 for $125 in as new condition. I should have kept it, but I didn't play for 35 + years, and just started my comeback about two years ago. That one also played very good. The price sure has gone up since then!!
I have been struggling with what I thought was just poor chops since I started the comeback, playing a $75 King Cleveland "Superior" from the 1970's. Well, I still have poor chops, but the Olds has improved my playing by at least 50% in just a few hours of playing. I have always heard that a good trumpet player will sound good on just about any quality of instrument, but for someone with not so good chops, a good instrument is an immense help. Before, my lips would get really tired after only about 15 minutes of practice, and I didn't have good tone or high range. Now, my tone is greatly improved, the high range comes much easier, and extends 2 or 3 notes higher reliably, and my lips are now able to withstand almost an hour of practice at a time. A remarkable improvement, just due to having a good horn.
As you can imagine, I'm tickled to death, especially since playing in the Community Orchestra and the summer City Band is making my "Senior Years" so much more enjoyable. I had always wanted to be a professional musician since High School, and was even a music major for my first year of college, finally realizing that I didn't play well enough for that to happen. Now, after 50 years, because the City pays it's band members a small stipend (around $150 for the season) I can now claim to be a "Paid Professional Musician"
Les