[Trombone-l] Olds Super Trombone

[Cliff Crawford]

I have a mid 60's Super that I played in high school..octagonal slide.  I 
agree...it has a nice dark sound and blends well.  Note placement (partials) 
are more distinct than my 2b...it's easier to do lip slurs, etc on the King. 
I'm not fond of the ergos and the horn is front heavy...a counter weight 
didn't come with the instrument.  The slide was always a problem since 
new...it's ok...but not great...I've had it worked on a number of times. 
The 2b (1949 Liberty) is easier to play but doesn't have as rich of a sound. 
My folks worked lot's of overtime in 1964 to pay for the new horn the band 
director requested for me..so of course it's a keeper....even though I don't 
play it much.

Cliff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugo García Sampedro" <hgsamp at yahoo.com>
To: "trombone List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:24 AM
Subject: [Trombone-l] Olds Super Trombone


Hello

A month ago I've purchased and old (50')"Olds Super"
trombone... The reason? ...curiosity about the
"fluttered" slide and the whole horn "concept" in
itself, the ring on the bell, the red brass /nickel
combination (no yellow brass at all), etc. I was
just "looking" and experimenting (let say...)

But what I found is a really NICE small bore
instrument, very flexible, responsive, in which you
can approach all the registers with a very nice tone.
You can blow it without distorting the sound... it
sounds darker than other trombones of that bore. I
mean, it somehow has both the advantages of a small
bore instrument and others from more big ones. If you
play it with the provided Olds 3 mouthpiece it sounds
more "colorful" but with a 6 1/2AL the tone is pretty
dark without loosing that easiness of a small
trombone. And it tone is very "trombone like" (hope
you understand what I mean with this...)

The slide works OK but it has some corrosion in the
inner tubes (chrome wear)...

OK, I would like to know why this kind of instrument
"disappeared" of the market, this slides, what are the
drawbacks that you can find in instruments like this,
etc. All the opinions will be welcome and appreciate.
Also I would like to know if someone has experience in
restoring these instruments, especially in which
concerns to the fluttered slide.

Manny Thanks

-Hugo GS


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