| Re: Olds Trumpets vs. Martin Committee
I have several vintage Committees ... including Handcraft Committees, Cornets, Trombones, Fluegelhorns ... (can't help it ... I love 'em!).
I have one Olds Recording, a 1958. Recently traded away my other Recording, a 1968, for a couple Fender Stratocasters (I play 'em, too).
Obviously, I prefer the Martin horns. I went the better part of a year, earnestly "A / B'ing" the two brands / models against each other.
The Recording lends itself to fine "Big-Band" / orchestral playing (possibly not "blending" with the boring Stads, as per too many anal music-directors ... and I have a couple New York Bachs, so there's no prejudice here). Outstanding projection and rich tonal-palette.
The Committees are completely agreeable for my particular playing-style. The projection seems to spread nicely, and for "intimate venues" (small clubs, eateries, etc.), the ability to maintain fine tone at soft (ppp) volume-levels is a big "plus" for me. Pure and rich, even-tempered harmonic overtones. I play a lot of lip-slurs and legato-lines, and the "slippery" upper-register manipulations are a little tough to master; but, once "there", it is a real joy to play these horns.
When I need more volume and projection, in different applications (larger venues, outdoors, etc.), my "default horn" is a vintage Conn Connstellation 28A (the ones without the dreaded 3rd slide stop-rod) ... rather than the Recording, which "kinda" can do the job ... but, not as well as the 28A.
I do (occasionally) play the Recording .... Was recently asked to play in a Community Band; I suppose it may see some service in that context.
~Namaste ...
Yogi Robt
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