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heavyharmonies Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 563 Location: Urbana, IL
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camel lips Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 687
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:59 am Post subject: |
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One word.
FUGLEY! |
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Levermann Veteran Member
Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 142 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:03 am Post subject: |
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This is a shame. Is there a possibility to take them to court for this violation ?
Like tattooing the Queen of England or overpainting a Rembrandt. |
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jman Regular Member
Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Posts: 93 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I agree, it's a bit underdone. They left out the tassels.
-jc |
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vlbcw1 Regular Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Blecch. Kinda reminds me of the inside of this Taxi I once hailed in Mejico City. All that's missing is the little dingle-ball fringe and the bobbing chihuahua in the back window with the eyes that lit up when the guy hit the brakes....which was often, as I recall _________________ Horns:
Bb: WT, lacquer
C: Flip Oakes, Silver
Flugel: Wild Thing, Silver
Cornet: British model Wild Thing, Silver
Picc: Kanstul Custom Bb/A/G
Pocket: Colin PocketMax |
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jman Regular Member
Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Posts: 93 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Hey! I know that cab!
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cybersnyder Regular Member
Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 37
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: |
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It might look good in a Mariachi band??? |
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vlbcw1 Regular Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:49 am Post subject: |
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And what ARE those things on the valve casings? Looks like little atomic symbols...does this make the the valves more "explosive" in their response?
Somebody went a little over the top with the engraving, methinks.
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Lori |
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Substinance18 Regular Member
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 19
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:20 am Post subject: |
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it would make a nice lamp. |
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Substinance18 Regular Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:20 am Post subject: |
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It would make a nice lap. |
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Substinance18 Regular Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:20 am Post subject: |
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JamesEarleStewartJr Regular Member
Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 18 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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I've been watching these guys for a while. They once stole an Opera from me in the last two seconds of an auction (the one, I believe, they fixed up and tried to sell for $4000), so I have taken a personal interest in what they're doing and how well they're doing it. To keep it short, I'm not seeing them selling a lot of horns on eBay, at least not these overdone vintage Olds horns they seem to have a lot of. It's a shame, too. Both the Opera and the Mendez are extremely beautiful horns with their very simple, very classy engraving. |
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_Happy Canuck Veteran Member
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 338 Location: Toronto, ON
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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I've bought a couple of horns from Malcolm (Alaska Brass) but I was very lucky and got them for an excellent price. Too often his expectations are far too high. He did cancel an auction I was bidding on, and was the high bidder, with seconds left to go!? Against the rules but what can you do?
I bought an Ambassador (yes, one of his red ones) it plays excellently and is fun for dixieland and Christmas. The other was a 1939 Olds Super. It's a nice horn but the valve stems and buttons weren't Olds originals. In fact the stems were 2 gold and 1 silver! He said he'd fix it for me but I ended up getting stems and buttons from another eBayer.
Now if the Mendez looked like this one, it would be worth something!
_________________ Bill
Olds Mendez, Recording, Super, Special & Ambassador trumpets/GR Butcher 65.6M
Olds Opera, Ambassador Shepherds Crook cornets/Sparx 4B
Olds L-12 Flug/GR Butcher 65.6FL
Schilke MII trumpet/GR Butcher 65.6M |
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musiclifeline Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 1045 Location: New Orleans, LA
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vlbcw1 Regular Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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One word on the "baked Alaska" Olds Ambassador: hahahahahahahaha!
This is as good as the "professional" BUNDY C trumpet they had a while back. Translation= chopped off BUNDY student Bb horn, Circa 1970-ish....
Is the air thinner up there in Alaska? These guys don't quite seem to be thinking straight. No, wait....it's gotta be the lacquer stripping chemicals they're using....
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livertwist Veteran Member
Joined: 08 Dec 2001 Posts: 251 Location: Kamloops, BC
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe it's just me, but that Ambassador looks like they've heavily engraved solely to take away from the fact that it was so over-buffed in the restoration that the original engraving is all but invisible. Sad, very sad.
Oliver |
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camel lips Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 687
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Now it just needs some curb feelers and it will be bling bling |
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