Asking $350 (shipped included) obo.

Serial number on this horn is 7246, which dates it back to 1929.

The bell is in good condition, there’s a small dent on the receiver side just below where the tuning slide would be if there were one.

It has the tuning-in-slide system, so overall, the horn is front-heavy.

The slide itself is decent. It’s sluggish but mostly smooth.

Something to note as well, there is no slide lock or receiver lock built on this horn.

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How exactly does the in-slide tuning system work?

[quote="Bloo"]How exactly does the in-slide tuning system work?[/quote]

If you examine the pictures of the slide carefully you will notice that the moving portion of the slide has two braces. One of the braces is curved and there is a threaded rod that goes through a hole in that brace. The end of the threaded rod is attached to the first movable slide brace and there are a pair of locknuts on either side of the curved brace. The straight brace is on a sleeve that the outer slide tube fits in, while the curved brace is on the outer slide tube itself.

To tune the instrument you move the outer slide inside the sleeve to effectively lengthen the outer slide. You anchor it in position by tightening the two locknuts. The first brace on the movable slide is just about where the single brace is on a Tuning in Bell horn is located so you hold that brace to move the slide.

I should point out that the Olds TIS mechanism is pretty heavy and without a counterweight the horn is extremely nose-heavy. I have a 1925 version that has an aftermarket counterweight that balances the instrument nicely. Without it the instrument is extremely tiring to play.

[quote="BGuttman"]<QUOTE author="Bloo" post_id="91635" time="1565653157" user_id="3870">
How exactly does the in-slide tuning system work?[/quote]

If you examine the pictures of the slide carefully you will notice that the moving portion of the slide has two braces. One of the braces is curved and there is a threaded rod that goes through a hole in that brace. The end of the threaded rod is attached to the first movable slide brace and there are a pair of locknuts on either side of the curved brace. The straight brace is on a sleeve that the outer slide tube fits in, while the curved brace is on the outer slide tube itself.

To tune the instrument you move the outer slide inside the sleeve to effectively lengthen the outer slide. You anchor it in position by tightening the two locknuts. The first brace on the movable slide is just about where the single brace is on a Tuning in Bell horn is located so you hold that brace to move the slide.

I should point out that the Olds TIS mechanism is pretty heavy and without a counterweight the horn is extremely nose-heavy. I have a 1925 version that has an aftermarket counterweight that balances the instrument nicely. Without it the instrument is extremely tiring to play.
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Thanks BGuttman.

This is true, it is nose-heavy. My regular horn is the complete other end of the spectrum, having a carbon fiber slide, so I don’t really care for the nose-heaviness and never got around to putting on a counterweight.