[Trombone-l] Olds Super Trombone

[Richard Corliss]

I want to reply again to your post. Where is the corrosion on the slide? On 
older instruments it is usually the stockings that become corroded which can 
be a problem. If it is the stockings then the question arises as to whether 
they can be replated. I don't know the answer.

If the flutted part is corroded then I have difficult understanding how that 
could be a problem since is it at the stockings that contact is made between 
inner and outer slide. If the stockings are in good shape then the problem 
may lie in alignment, not corrosion. Repairmen sometimes get a bit panicky 
when they see something different, but they should be able to see that 
straightening a flutted slide is basically not different from straightening 
a round one.

The following question is sometimes asked: Since contact between inner and 
outer slide is at the stocking, what is the point of a slide being flutted? 
I don't know the answer but my guess is that the flutted slide is stiffer 
and stronger - less likely to bend. On the other hand, maybe there is some, 
minimal amount, of contact outside of the stocking area. Note: If so, with 
the flutted slide there would have less contact.

Richard Corliss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugo García Sampedro" <hgsamp at yahoo.com>
To: "trombone List" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:24 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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