- #OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE SERIAL NUMBERS#
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- #OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE SERIAL#
- #OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE ARCHIVE#
Blakeney’s later years were spent playing with groups including the Young Men of New Orleans and the Eagle Brass Band. In the late 1930s, Blakeney played with Monk McKay’s band in Hawaii and would return to the mainland to perform in California throughout the 1940s to the 1950s. He moved to California the next year and would perform and record with several bands including Sonny Clay and Lionel Hampton. This trumpet is engraved:Īndrew “Andy” Blakeney (1898-1992) began playing professionally in Chicago around 1925. This trumpet was previously owned and used by American jazz trumpeter, Andrew Blakeney.
#OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE SERIAL#
It is a B-flat trumpet, Ambassador model, serial #178587, made of brass with 3 piston valves.
#OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE SERIAL NUMBER#
The second list here is a serial number list that includes numbers from 1952 until the end of production was provided by Olds in the 1970s and has been included in the Allied Supply catalog since then is still believed to be completely accurate.This trumpet was made by Frank Ellsworth Olds & Son in Fullerton, California around 1955 to 1956. Also, I know that the Recording cornet was redesigned in January of 1948 but the earliest that we know of so far is 53,871 and I'm guessing that it was made a year or so later and we will find earlier examples in the future. The last date below is based on Uan Rasey's memory of getting his Recording model trumpet during his first year at MGM. An early 1945 date would be especially useful. Please let me know of any other data that will increase the correctness of this list.
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According to Olds employee, Don Agard, who was there at the time, all Olds brass instruments used a single series starting with 100,000 in 1953. The Olds trombones had a separate series of numbers that started in the ‘teens and were higher than those of the trumpets and cornets through the 1930s and 1940s (about 10,000 by 1938). Another catalog is actually dated 1939 and shows the Radio model cornet but still does not introduce the Super Recording trumpet and cornet. The catalog that was previously thought to be about 1930 (because I had guessed that a slightly later catalog was about 1932) is actually after the 1935 patent (applied and granted that year) covering the fluted trombone slide tubes that are introduced therein. The catalog that we previously dated 1930 or 1931 is after 1933 based on reference to Radio City Music Hall which opened that year. The rest are guesses based on rational analysis of production increases. Some are guesses based on models shown in catalogs, using earliest known examples. Some known dates stated below may be production or shipping dates and others are sales dates. Please contact me with any additions and corrections.įor now, The Olds Register, is not allowing additional entries, but it contains a wealth of information as it is. The following is what I have come up with. I put together all of the relevant information from Dale Olson as mentioned, Alan Rouse of Olds Central, Eric Hamlin of The Olds Register and known catalogs in various collections. I decided that we were overdue for a careful look at all the data that we had. This included two log books with production or shipping records of the earliest Olds trumpets and cornets.
#OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE ARCHIVE#
This became more apparent when Dale Olson found out that fellow Olds alumni, Howard Wilson had an archive of photos and information from the factory that he saved when it was being thrown out. These were all honest attempts at adding to our knowledge, but unfortunately my early errors were magnified rather than minimized. Unfortunately, my guesses were off by several years.
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When others became interested in Olds history they added to what I had done. When I got two pre-war catalogs I made guesses as to the dates that they were published.
#OLDS AMBASSADOR TRUMPET VALUE SERIAL NUMBERS#
With the little information that I had and making a few guesses, I put together a few serial numbers with dates.
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I interviewed several former employees but was unable to get any specific dates of model introductions much less exact serial numbers. Olds and Son in the 1980s, there was very little known about the early years of this company.
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When I started researching the history of F.E.