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Old 06-02-2008, 01:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
screamingmorris
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Re: Ambassador / Special tone

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Originally Posted by oldlou View Post
On the differences between the Ambassador and the Special I agree with Dale. I have one of each of the cornets from the L.A. plant and the same from Fullerton. They all play decently, but, none of the above comes close to many of my other cornets. I think that the current sag in prices on them is probably reflective of their musicality.


OLDLOU>>
Would a late-1960's nickel-plated Olds Studio cornet have a significantly richer tone?
(I have read that the late 1960's ones had a darker dound than the Studio cornets that came before.)

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