Trumpet Ambassador Vintage FE Olds & Son 1955

Description: Trumpet Ambassador Vintage FE Olds & Son 1955 S/N 162895 The true OLDS craftsmanship in this popular instrument is highlighted by special construction details for a trouble-free trumpet, excellently styled and balanced. The sturdiness of the Ambassador Trumpet is accentuated by the "three point bracing" of the valves, nickel silver trim on braces and points of wear, and a distinctive water key assembly. Valve springs are in the top of the valves; pistons of nickel silver, heavily nickel plated, are and lapped into their casings for tighter fit and famed Olds longer lasting action. The Ambassador has a ML (medium large) bore of 460 and a 4-3/4" bell, weight 38-1/4 oz. The "golden era" Ambassador is late '50s-early '60s. You can tell by the closed pinky ring instead of the "C" shape they are on most horns. Also the leadpipe to bell braces are Z-shaped rather than straight across. Those are the features to look for in an Ambassador. Chris Smith Steve Bingner the Olds Ambassador that we use to build the SVT2's (One of the SVT2 Models), with the majority of the horns being pre 1955. The Olds Ambassador in the time period was a Pro horn. The Olds horns made in the Los Angeles plant were all made from the same brass, to the same specs and tolerances and where built by the same craftsmen their Pro models. The only differences were the bracing and some of the trim, etc. There was a lot of raw material saved from the plant after the fire which is why the early Fullerton horns play the way they do, The Ambassador of the late 50's and beyond was still a great Student horn for sure, but were significantly different horns. It is the LA horn that many of the Pro's use and are aware of, and that reason is what I explained, the Olds LA Ambassador was a Professional Trumpet. With that said it is still 100% an LA Olds, As the materials used in some of the modification was from the horn itself and another Olds Ambassador. Many people believe that the Ambassador remains the best student trumpet (or cornet) ever built, rivaling many modern pro trumpets. It is a very open, responsive horn with great intonation, excellent tone, and fantastic valves. At least one designer and builder of custom trumpets begins every horn with an Ambassador valve section. He claims to have disassembled and worked on virtually every brand of horn on the market, and finds the Ambassador valves to be the most reliable, trouble-free, smooth-playing valve section ever made. According to an email message posted from Zig Kanstul, the models of trumpets made by Olds in the late 1940's, 1950s and 1960's all were made with the same bell mandrel, to the same specifications -- from the Ambassador all the way to the Mendez. (although some models used different materials). The only exceptions were the Opera (which had a larger bore) and the Custom. According to another former Olds designer, Olds was a "one tolerance shop" in other words all models of horns were made to the same tolerance. In particular, it is said that this was true from the Ambassador trumpet all the way through the Mendez. The Ambassador and Mendez were designed at roughly the same time, and were intended to be essentially the same horn (even using the same brass, with the same thickness of metal), made to the same tolerances. Kanstul seems to remember that the Ambassador may have had a different lead pipe.

Price: 750 USD

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

End Time: 2024-10-09T20:21:20.000Z

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