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Originally Posted by screamingmorris  Although I know nothing about an Olds Recording, I have read 2 things that could be what you are talking about.
First, some very old trumpets have what are now considered non-standard mouthpiece receivers, so that modern mouthpieces don't fit. I read about one man who said that he had to experiment and found one old cornet mouthpiece that would finally fit his very old trumpet.
Second, even on the older trumpets that did have what were considered standard mouthpiece receivers, the mouthpieces of those times had a different shank taper so that might affect how the modern mouthpieces with modern taper would fit those older mouthpiece receivers. One man who wanted a duplicate made of his old mouthpiece said that the shop called saying "Did you know that your old mouthpiece shank has the old rather than the new taper?"
Is either of those what you are referring to?
- morris |
But if you are talking about a trumpet that is from the 1960's, then I assume that neither of the things I said above is relevant.
But you sure have gotten me interested in the Olds Recordings that I occasionally see for sale in eBay.
As a 51-year-old amateur I was amazed at the difference it made just moving up from a falling-apart Getzen 300 to a Yamaha 2320 and a Bach 300.
The upper register (F above High C) was so much easier and sounded so much better.
So when I read people talking about vintage Olds Recordings and vintage Ambassadors and vintage Silver Flairs it makes me want to try one even though I know I could never afford to own one.
- morris