Sold: Mint Olds P-22 George Roberts
- Burgerbob
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- Joined: Apr 23, 2018
Up for sale is an astounding Olds P-22, the large valve, bell tuning GR instrument from Olds and the last model they made.
It's made up of typical Olds construction- heavy nickel slide, nickel valve wrap and tuning slide, red brass bell. Bore of .565 and valve bore of .585.
This horn is all original, as far as I can tell, and is in amazing shape- 100 lacquer, only a few scratches here and there, no dents, all slides perfect, rotor in perfect shape.
In all honestly- I want to keep this and put two valves on it. As is it plays great; smooth singing quality all over the instrument, ridiculous pedal range, all with a real bass sound. Not quirky at all, just a great trombone. The bell is "only" 9 inches but has a throat somewhere between Conn and Bach, it's not small. I think it would make a seriously ideal commercial bass with a couple nice rotors on it in independent configuration. It's just not useful to me as a single, both playing-wise and ergonomically.
If you want to keep some history in one piece and gain a really special single, it's yours! If not, then it'll be hacked apart and made even better :pant: I'm in no rush here.
Sadly, the case was a write-off, so no case.
$2500 plus shipping
It's made up of typical Olds construction- heavy nickel slide, nickel valve wrap and tuning slide, red brass bell. Bore of .565 and valve bore of .585.
This horn is all original, as far as I can tell, and is in amazing shape- 100 lacquer, only a few scratches here and there, no dents, all slides perfect, rotor in perfect shape.
In all honestly- I want to keep this and put two valves on it. As is it plays great; smooth singing quality all over the instrument, ridiculous pedal range, all with a real bass sound. Not quirky at all, just a great trombone. The bell is "only" 9 inches but has a throat somewhere between Conn and Bach, it's not small. I think it would make a seriously ideal commercial bass with a couple nice rotors on it in independent configuration. It's just not useful to me as a single, both playing-wise and ergonomically.
If you want to keep some history in one piece and gain a really special single, it's yours! If not, then it'll be hacked apart and made even better :pant: I'm in no rush here.
Sadly, the case was a write-off, so no case.
$2500 plus shipping