Update on my Olds Recording
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Well my Olds Recording arrived on Tuesday and I have been playing it mornings and afternoons ever since. I think my other horns are getting jealous.
Fortunately it arrived in perfect condition. And I do mean perfect. This baby looks like it just out of the showroom. It is 3 years younger than me ( 86 in July ) and in much better shape. I had a hard time finding any wear, but there was one tiny area at the bottom of the 3rd valve casing. The previous owner must have had a sweaty left hand pinkie. The rest of the horn is immaculate. This was a well cared for horn.
Because it was recommended to use a thicker grade of valve lubricant, I am using Berp #3. It may have helped, but there was plenty of compression and I am sure a #2 grade would have been just as good.
It is a balanced horn, the only one I have ever owned. Maybe that is what makes the Recording so versatile. I played classic, jazz ballads, swing and even some country music and it was fantastic.
It may not be the best playing trumpet in the world, but IMHO it is certainly one of the best.
All the good things I have heard and read about the Olds Recording are absolutely true. I am one huge happy camper.
And musn't forget Josh and Nate at Austin Custom Brass who go out of their way to make your purchase a pleasure.
George1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@georgeb
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@georgeb I know that feeling well... had exactly the same experience with my Recording. And as my - by this time two - Courtois Balanceds give me the same feeling (while being much more assertive - they are more like background Wagner horns, with an incredible lower register), it might really be the balanced make that does the trick.
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Courtois Balanced
Courtois D
Olds Recording
Buescher Aristocrat
Gaudet C
Selmer G
Courtois 154 Flugelhorn
Besson International Bb cornet
Ganter Eb cornet
Besson International baritone
B&H Sovereign trombone
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@barliman2001 said in Update on my Olds Recording:
@georgeb I know that feeling well... had exactly the same experience with my Recording.
it might really be the balanced make that does the trick.
Yes, I really believe that is true.
George
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Putting the Recording through its motions. Here is a recording I did of a rather crispy tune written by my sax player friend Jack Novotny on our first CD, called Jacktime. The Recording really has a crisp response on this tune. Solo at 2 minutes, Trading 4's at 4:35.
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Showing some range diversity of the Recording. Here is a cut from the same album, this one written by our bass player and leader, Eddie Brookshire titled "Minor Blues". Popping some F's and G;s in the head. So powerful is the Recording, that it sounds like an entire brass section playing the head, Nope, only two horns, trumpet and tenor. The Recording performs!
Allora Pocket Trumpet 2014
Harrelson Summit 2017
Kanstul 1526 2012
Getzen Power Bore 1961
Getzen Eterna 4-Valve Fulgelhorn 1974
Martin Committee 1946
Olds Super Recording 1940
Olds Recording (LA) 1953
Olds Recording (Fullerton) 1967
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Wow, Doc, the Recording sounds great but in this case it is because of the man blowing the notes. You are an amazing player, Doc. I can never make the Recording sound the way you do....
George
