Museum Number - CO085

Maker - Olds

Model - The Olds Standard

Date of Manufacture - 1946

ID # - 16955

Surface - Laq Brass

Markings - Tempered Bell

Historical Detail - This instrument was owned and played by the famous Jazz Musicial Red Nichols. F E Olds opened in Los Angles 1908. Frank Ernest Olds was a trombonists and made small bore trombones, joined by his son Reginald B Olds in 1931. By 1950 they were producing models of Recording, Special, Super, Opera as well as the student model of Ambassador