Brand ID on tuning slide?
- NWHarry
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- Joined: Nov 15, 2024
I bought this inexpensive trombone yesterday and was told it was a Bach trombone, the bell says Olds Ambassador, Fullerton, CA. What I need help with is identifying the tuning slide. It is shaped like an Olds trombone but it does NOT have the "Olds" label on the weight.
Could this trombone be a knockoff?
Could this trombone be a knockoff?
- Posaunus
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- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
Who knows what you got. It is certainly NOT a "Bach trombone."
- NWHarry
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- Joined: Nov 15, 2024
I want to upload an image of my tuning slide but don't know how. Seems like I need the forum admin to approve it first. Who is the Admin I need to contact for this forum?
- JohnL
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- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
A-15 Ambassadors are actually pretty distinctive in appearance.
Some have an oblong counterweight mounted to the tuning slide brace, like this:
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Others have a round counterweight attached to the tuning slide crook, like this:
<ATTACHMENT filename="Round_cwt.jpeg" index="0">[attachment=0]Round_cwt.jpeg</ATTACHMENT>
The braces (with the exception of the handslide brace on all but the earliest examples) are not round, but have a flattened oval cross-section. The handslide brace (in all but the earliest examples, as noted above) is round and is one piece, with no provision for length adjustment.
Some have an oblong counterweight mounted to the tuning slide brace, like this:
<ATTACHMENT filename="Oblong_cwt.jpeg" index="1">
Others have a round counterweight attached to the tuning slide crook, like this:
<ATTACHMENT filename="Round_cwt.jpeg" index="0">
The braces (with the exception of the handslide brace on all but the earliest examples) are not round, but have a flattened oval cross-section. The handslide brace (in all but the earliest examples, as noted above) is round and is one piece, with no provision for length adjustment.