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VintageFTW
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 Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:42 pm Post subject: Possible Undiscovered Olds Mouthpiece |
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Hello all.
Recently one of my friends acquired an Olds mouthpiece from his grandfather. I have no pictures at the moment, but I will describe it as such:
It has a very flat rim with a SUPER shallow cup and a larger sized throat. It is rather heavyweight, like a #3, but it has a much heavier rim that is flat on the bottom outer ridge. The mouthpeice simply says Olds in the curly font with L.M stamped below it. The I.D. is smaller than a Schilke 13a4a, but the O.D. Is slightly larger. It should be worth it to mention this is the best sounding, feeling, and playing mouthpiece I have ever tried. Does anyone know of these mouthpieces? The only reference I could find to anything marked Olds LM was a very early trumpet from 1931. Perhaps this was the mouthpiece that originally came with said horn? I have no idea. My theory is that L.M stands for "Lead Model".
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Pics or it didn't happen
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A.N.A.Mendez
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Does it have knurling on the stem ?
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A.N.A.Mendez
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I had a few of these over the years. My take is they put the owners initials on as a perk/curtesy at the factory with a special order horn.
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