Shortly after this move, Bach removed the “Faciebat Anno” marking from his bell engraving that had been in use since before the 100th horn, and began stamping the bells with “Model” followed by numbers for the bell mandrel and bore size. In October 1928 the company opened a factory in The Bronx to produce cornets, trumpets and trombones (both tenor and bass).
As a child he received training on violin, trumpet and bugle. E.Vinzenz Schrottenbach (sometimes misspelled "Vincenz Schrotenbach") was born in Baden near Vienna in 1890. After Olds and Reynolds were purchased by Norlin Music (formerly Chicago Music Instrument) they had other established manufacturers produce their Woodwind line in the early 70's (i.e. Olds & Reynolds - A variety of model names were used for brasswind of this company such as: Recording, Special, Super, Opera, and their most successful student model Ambassador. Olds and Son 1931 - 1950 - Frank Ernest Olds started making small bore trombones in the first quarter of the century, and in 1931 was joined by his son Reginald Olds. It still plays well, valve action excellent with original springs, good tonality, easy-to-blow (.460 bore), but finish down to the raw brass.į. This was the first horn I purchased with my own money after high school. 58999 made in Fullerton, Ca factory in 1951. The following information was provided by Don Olmsted: I have an Ambassador model, Serial No.
(*) These serial numbers were provided by Bill Bamberg