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tom turner · 08-24-2005, 09:17 PM

Hi Felix,

At the bottom of the Olds Central mainpage is a link to send an e-mail to Alan. Introduce yourself and he'll be glad to point you in the right direction. I can think of no one else with his lasting interest and accumulated knowledge about Olds instruments.

He can point you to other specialized experts too concerning Olds instruments, although Nick DeCarlis, owner of the vintagecornets.com website is a HUGE fan of the early Olds cornets . . . and gigs on an even eariler Olds cornet . . . Olds original one called simply "The Olds."

Here's the mainpage URL: http://rouses.net/trumpet/olds.htm

Hope this helps!

Tom

PS: Nick's website link is: http://vintagecornets.com/

NIck's new website that concerns his performaces, which he does exclusively on cornet, is:
http://www.jazzcor.net/html/presenti...ssic_jazz.html

I purposely linked you to the page where he's playing his cornet . . . which appears now to be a mid-1930's F. Besson shepherd's crook cornet! It must be a good one for Nick to put down his nice "The Olds" model!

Also, check out his music samples. Nick transforms the sound of the cornet right back to the early days of the long bell American cornet. Close your eyes and you'll almost think Hackett is alive again.

One of my favorite memories was of playing a cornets only (with rhythm section of course) at an annual collector's meeting with players and collectors from all over the country. It was held at a club in Florida and the sound was soooooooooo nice not having a bunch of razor-blade-in-the-wind trumpets screeching the cockroaces out of the rafters. What a sound!

This was before I got my Wild Thing cornet and I was using my trusty 3-Star. On the platform were some really cool and valuable cornets . . . a pristine, presentation-grade gold and silver King Master from the '30s, an 1890 John Heald, Nick on his "The Olds," a Conn Vocabell and several other fine cornets played by some really fine players. Man, I thought I'd either gone back to 1935 . . . or gone to Heaven, playing those classic old standards!

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tom turner Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 788	Hi Felix, At the bottom of the Olds Central mainpage is a link to send an e-mail to Alan. Introduce yourself and he'll be glad to point you in the right direction. I can think of no one else with his lasting interest and accumulated knowledge about Olds instruments. He can point you to other specialized experts too concerning Olds instruments, although Nick DeCarlis, owner of the vintagecornets.com website is a HUGE fan of the early Olds cornets . . . and gigs on an even eariler Olds cornet . . . Olds original one called simply "The Olds." Here's the mainpage URL: http://rouses.net/trumpet/olds.htm Hope this helps! Tom PS: Nick's website link is: http://vintagecornets.com/ NIck's new website that concerns his performaces, which he does exclusively on cornet, is: http://www.jazzcor.net/html/presenti...ssic_jazz.html I purposely linked you to the page where he's playing his cornet . . . which appears now to be a mid-1930's F. Besson shepherd's crook cornet! It must be a good one for Nick to put down his nice "The Olds" model! Also, check out his music samples. Nick transforms the sound of the cornet right back to the early days of the long bell American cornet. Close your eyes and you'll almost think Hackett is alive again. One of my favorite memories was of playing a cornets only (with rhythm section of course) at an annual collector's meeting with players and collectors from all over the country. It was held at a club in Florida and the sound was soooooooooo nice not having a bunch of razor-blade-in-the-wind trumpets screeching the cockroaces out of the rafters. What a sound! This was before I got my Wild Thing cornet and I was using my trusty 3-Star. On the platform were some really cool and valuable cornets . . . a pristine, presentation-grade gold and silver King Master from the '30s, an 1890 John Heald, Nick on his "The Olds," a Conn Vocabell and several other fine cornets played by some really fine players. Man, I thought I'd either gone back to 1935 . . . or gone to Heaven, playing those classic old standards!