Olds Recording Cornet’s unusual wrap

[Rwwilson]

I responded to a previous post with some comments about the Olds Recording cornet. This caused me to wonder about its unusual wrap and how it impacts its sound. On the Recording the lead pipe feeds into the first valve rather than the third as on most other cornets and the bell tubing starts from the third valve. This geometry is like what most flugelhorns use and results in a shorter lead pipe and longer bell tubing. I’m speculating that this at least partially accounts for the mellow tone of Recording cornets.

[huntman10]

There were some interesting discussions here.

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=164056&highlight=
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Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc.

[stuartissimo]

Maybe, but it's probably not just a single design aspect that accounts for everything. The material used for the tubing (i.e. Rey-O-Loy, high copper brass) likely has a lot to do with it's sound as well.

What's interesting about the design as well is how the tuning slide on the Recording cornet is positioned after the valve block, rather than before like the Super or the Special.



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1975 Olds Recording trumpet
1997 Getzen 700SP trumpet
1955 Olds Super cornet
1939 Buescher 280 flugelhorn
AR Resonance mpc