Early Olds Cornet
This is the earliest cornet listed on The Olds Register and
presumably the first cornet design that Olds had introduced. Olds
trumpets were much more popular at this time and they were
obviously marketing them to musicians that were playing music
for dancing, shows and jazz clubs and not military or school
bands. According to factory records as I understand them at this
time, this cornet was built in about 1933, having serial number
746. As rough a life as this cornet has obviously led, it retains all
its original parts aside from case and mouthpiece. A beautifully
preserved example built shortly after this one and with the
optional hammered bell, is pictured at VintageCornets.com.
Notice that the adjustable ring tuning third slide had become
available by that time. Within a year or two a new model cornet
was introduced and named the Standard Cornet in later catalogs.
It seems likely that this model was dropped at that time. It is also
unusual among the earliest Olds cornets and trumpet in being a
large bore, marked "L" and measuring .468". The vast majority
of these are "M" (.453") or "LM" (.453" with larger bell or
.460"). Overall length of this cornet with mouthpiece removed is
15 7/8" and the bell rim diameter is 4 9/16".
presumably the first cornet design that Olds had introduced. Olds
trumpets were much more popular at this time and they were
obviously marketing them to musicians that were playing music
for dancing, shows and jazz clubs and not military or school
bands. According to factory records as I understand them at this
time, this cornet was built in about 1933, having serial number
746. As rough a life as this cornet has obviously led, it retains all
its original parts aside from case and mouthpiece. A beautifully
preserved example built shortly after this one and with the
optional hammered bell, is pictured at VintageCornets.com.
Notice that the adjustable ring tuning third slide had become
available by that time. Within a year or two a new model cornet
was introduced and named the Standard Cornet in later catalogs.
It seems likely that this model was dropped at that time. It is also
unusual among the earliest Olds cornets and trumpet in being a
large bore, marked "L" and measuring .468". The vast majority
of these are "M" (.453") or "LM" (.453" with larger bell or
.460"). Overall length of this cornet with mouthpiece removed is
15 7/8" and the bell rim diameter is 4 9/16".