Trumpet with two bells, B-flat
Maker
F. E. Olds & Co.
Maker
H. & A. Selmer, Inc.
Maker
F. E. Olds & Son
Date1971 and 1990
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place MadeFullerton, California, United States
ModelOlds Ambassador (originally)
Serial No.778036
SignedStamped on normal bell: DESIGNED BY VINCENT BACH / BUNDY / ® H. & A. SELMER, INC. Stamped on over-the-shoulder bell: OLDS / AMBASSADOR / FULLERTON / CALIF.
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 778036
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on fourth valve casing and valve stem: 1
DescriptionBrass (body and bells), German-silver trimmings, plastic and mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop with two bells facing in opposite directions, main tuning slide at first bow, three regular Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½) and a fourth, switching from normal to over-the-shoulder bell, top-sprung with spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one lug on spring-anchor plate, silver-plated brass pistons, single water keys at main tuning slide and third-valve slide, trigger with adjustment rod at third valve slide (finger ring removed), windway 3-2-1-4.
Originally manufactured as a single-bell Ambassador trumpet manufactured by F. E. Olds Co. in 1971. In 1990, a second bell by H. & A. Selmer, Inc., in over-the-shoulder formation and engaged by a fourth valve, was added in the Emde Repair Shop, Topeka, Kansas, a workshop specializing in multiple bell instruments.
DimensionsHeight: 658 mm
Tube length with normal bell: 1345 mm
Tube length with over-the-shoulder bell: 1338 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 9.4 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.68 mm (0.46 inches)
Bell diameter normal bell: 121 mm
Bell diameter over-the-shoulder bell: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Emde Music Shop, Topeka, Kansas, 1990.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07003
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