Olds Short Model Cornet

DNMH · Veteran Member Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 130

Please give me some information about this horn. Thanks

ProAm · Heavyweight Member Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 949

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=126782

huntman10 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:12 pm Post subject:

What do you want to know, exactly. I read the article offered, but it fails to mention what FANTASTIC PLAYERS these unicorns are! I stumbled over mine (spotless, probably a shelf queen) on eBay about a year ago. At the time, I had a recent Besson Prestige, Bach 184, Benge Burbank Large bore 6X cornet, Getzen 800, and a batch of other cornets I was selling for a friend, as well as my 15 or 20 odd cornets. It outplayed them all! Great response, easy control. Took it to a friend who was a PhD and head of high brass at a local college. His opinion was the same. Only moreso. He said it DESERVED to be played, NEEDED to sing! So it is sitting in my closet waiting for us to "flatten the damn curve" and get back to playing

Frankly, I don't deserve it..... But I am going to hang on as long as I can!
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huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc.

huntman10 · Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:29 pm Post subject:

I should also mention that the A6 Ambassador has absolutely NO parts in common with the Ambassador beginner line cornet. I compared everthing I could take off them. Totally different from receiver to bell. As I understand it, the Ambassador name was selected to infer the this would be an attempt at making inroads to new countries for Olds.
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huntman10
Collector/Player of Fine (and not so fine) Brass Instruments including
Various Strads, Yammies, Al Hirt Courtois, Schilkes,
Selmer 25, Getzen Eternas, Kanstuls (920 Pic, CG)
Martin Custom Large Bore, Lots Olds!, Conns, etc.

deleted_user_687c31b · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

Interesting. Pity they made so few, if they were that good. Olds always seems to have another surprise up their sleeve.

Happy Canuck · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:07 am Post subject:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/etdj0wyb3l7lmhh/IMG_3147.JPG?dl=0

My first Ambassador A6ST but gold plated!

Still have my silver one, great player!
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Bill

Olds trumpets/GR Butcher 65.6M
Olds cornets/Sparx 4B
Olds Flugelhorn/GR leadpipe/GR Butcher 65.6FL

deleted_user_687c31b · New Member Joined: 03 Apr 1996 Posts: 0

Looks nice. Did you have it refurbished or did it come with gold plate?

Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187

Many years ago (1982) I had a short model Olds Ambassador from Nappe Music in Evanston, IL. they had two on the shelf (forever) and I bought one to play in a brass band. It was a very good cornet. I sold it to another member of the band after I left.