I decided that we were overdue for a careful look at all the data that we had. This included two log books with production or shipping records of the earliest Olds trumpets and cornets. This became more apparent when Dale Olson found out that fellow Olds alumni, Howard Wilson had an archive of photos and information from the factory that he saved when it was being thrown out. These were all honest attempts at adding to our knowledge, but unfortunately my early errors were magnified rather than minimized. Unfortunately, my guesses were off by several years. When others became interested in Olds history they added to what I had done. When I got two pre-war catalogs I made guesses as to the dates that they were published. With the little information that I had and making a few guesses, I put together a few serial numbers with dates. I interviewed several former employees but was unable to get any specific dates of model introductions much less exact serial numbers.

Olds and Son about 35 years ago, there was very little known about the early years of this company. When I started researching the history of F.E. According to Olds employee, Don Agard, who was there at the time, all Olds brass instruments used a single series starting with 100,000 in 1953. The Olds trombones had a separate series of numbers that started in the ‘teens and were higher than those of the trumpets and cornets through the 1930s and 1940s (about 10,000 by 1938). The pre R13 I have needs some repadding and key work which was not included in the selling price, buffet Crampon Serial Numbers, and check the visual identification of your clarinet This is a full serial number range Your serial number is around 1948, ABOUT 3000 per year 1945. The R13 was designed by Robert Carree, the head acoustician for Buffet (c. If you come across an 'F' preceding the serial number of an R13, this indicates that the instrument has been built to an A442 - A444 and is intended for use by European ensembles. Jean Louis Buffet was already making musical instruments as early as the 1840's. Buffet Crampon Serial Number Finder By consprevdanzoi1977 Follow | Public

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