The Super Recording trumpet was actually designed for use in the recording studio and specifically for Harold Mitchell, who at the time, was the most sought after for this work. One of these earlier trumpets is made about according to factory records, is in the fifth photo on the right. Olds had made trumpets with the offset second valve previously, but now it was part of a specific model design. This was somewhat like the Selmer Balanced model that Louis Armstrong had started using exclusively in In addition, the second valve was offset to the left, putting it more easily under the second finger. The bell tail was longer, which placed the valve section more forward. Olds had been experimenting with new bell designs and it is possible that the earliest Recording models utilized one of the early Super trumpet bells, but in later production they were distinct. They had introduced the Super Olds trumpet from which the Recording was derived a few years prior to this and it had become quite popular. Navy during World War I.When Olds introduced the Super Recording Model trumpet and cornet in the late s, they had been making trumpets for about ten years and trombones for at least ten years before that. September 11, came to work with his father inhaving served in the U. These new trombones apparently met with success quickly, and with the help of Earl Strickler and Earl Williams, Olds expanded production to about a year and moved into a large facility by the early s.
Most Olds trombones were made to order at this time. Model designations were Solo, Small Medium, Medium, Large Medium, Large and Symphony, which did not indicate a particular bore and bell combination, but a relative size. From the earliest years, he was offering a variety of bore sizes. Implementing new ideas patented in some of these are incorporated in trombones todayOlds started producing quality trombones on a small scale. It was probably about this time that he first offered his new trombones for sale. Hazard, establishing the Los Angeles Tool Works by Inhe was a machinist with the Locomobile Company of the Pacific, branching out from bicycles to automobiles.Īll along experimenting with trombone design, he was repairing band instruments full-time by This early work was done in a small workshop behind his house, which was just south of downtown Los Angeles. General affairs council conclusions of 29 september 2014 Byhe had established the first electroplating shop in Southern California, doing silver plating with H. An amateur trombone player and entrepreneur, he first set up a shop to build bicycles, which was the only one in Los Angeles at the time.
Conn and learned the brass instrument making business. Olds was born in Medina, New York in While a child his family moved to Toledo, Ohio.
Olds and Sons, based in Mountainside, New Jersey. Reynolds in have since been bought and revived in by a new company under the name F.
The Olds and Reynolds names Olds merged with F. Construction quality declined as production quotas were emphasized.
By the late s or early s, although still producing some professional level instruments, the company had become better known for mass-produced student instruments. The company made brass instrumentsespecially trombonescornetsand trumpets. Olds in Los Angeles, California in the early s. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth F.