the chief

First I was gonna sell it, now I'm keeping it. Then I was gonna get it re-lacquered, but I think I'll leave that alone and just get a few dents taken out. Plays great.

NYTC

Very nice horn.Keep it.

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pwillini

Is that a Mendez or Opera?

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dave_59

its a recording isnt it.
dave

bigaggietrumpet

It's a very nice Recording. From the engraving, I'd say either a Los Angeles, or maybe an early Fullerton.

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the chief

It's a Recording from Fullerton.

dave_59

are the la horns better than the early fullertons. I think there is a view (some people), that all fullertons are inferior to the LA horns, because of the 1970's horns which were notably poor being made at fullerton.
dave

bigaggietrumpet

Yeah, that's a common view, but not 100% accurate. Yes, the LA's are more valuable, but the Fullertons are good too. Up until around the 1970's. At this point, quality control went down the drain. They still made a few good horns, but they weren't as consistent. My dad has a 1969 Ambassador. It's a good horn. Nothing on my LA Studio, mind you, but it's a good horn.

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fatpauly

Chief -

Beautiful Recording. Great horn. If it plays as nice as it looks, you will not regret keeping it.

I have a 1968 Recording trumpet and a 1954 Recording cornet, and these are at the top of my collection for looks, sound and playability.

You might reconsider holding off on getting these restored/relaquered. I sent mine off to Charlie Melk in the fall and he did a wonderful job getting these back to prime condition. Here is a before/after shot of the cornet:



Not the best pictures, but I think you get the idea. As much as you love your Recording now, you will not believe how great it can look after Charlie has gone over it!

- Paul Artola
Ellicott City, Maryland

the chief

Paul

I did email Charlie Melk about having work done on it. At the very least I'll probobly have him remove a couple small dents. To get the horn relacquered would cost a bit more, and I've heard it decreases the value of the horn.

I question whether that's true or not, but eventually it will come down to how I want the horn to look. I wouldn't mind having my Recording look brand new...at a grand total investment of around $1000. Then I can turn around and sell it on ebay for $1800


By the way, some would say that the Recordings all they way through the 70's were equally as good as the previous years and that it was only the Ambassador line that suffered bad quality control. I guess the only compormise ever made with the Recording model was the engraving on the bell, which was replaced by a machine in the later years. Seeing as how my horn is a 62', I think it falls well within the boundaries of the 'safe-zone', in any case.

I don't remember the year that Olds moved from LA to Fullerton, but the Super Recording was Olds' top-of-the line horn, and when it was replaced by the Recording around 1950, it continued to remain the top-horn until the Mendez was released.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.