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VALUE OF 1964 OLDS CORNET FULL
A minimum of breath, through the tapered mouthpipe, produces a large, full sound. Easy blowing characteristics do not hamper output. The Medalist is carefully crafted to permit the student to progress to the best of his natural ability.
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A minimum of breath produces a large, full sound.
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Easy-blowing characteristics do not hamper the output. Each of these important considerations was a factor in determining the acoustical design of the Medalist. Features like: top loaded innerspring valves, ‘live’ bell, and a professional mouthpiece. The Medalist offers the student musician features usually found only in higher-priced horns. Professional mouthpiece, music lyre and modern case included. Medalist B♭ Trumpet | Same as above with first-valve slide “trigger”Ĭreated for students, but with most of the features usually found only on higher-priced instruments: Contempora-type valve system five-piece mouthpiece-to-bell bracing solid nickel-silver tubing on the outside of all movable tuning slides three-piece solid nickel-silver water key with machined bridge. Medalist B♭ Trumpet | Bell: brass bell | Body: brass with nickel-silver tuning slides | Valves: top-loaded, inner-spring valves | Finish: polished brass with baked epoxy coating Same as above except with nickel-silver tuning slides (same as Model TU-58 below) After a few years I made some repairs and gave it back to my brother, who wanted it for his son. He played until he graduated from high school in 1972, and I used it through high school and took it to college as my 'beater' for marching band when I bought my first pro horn. Medalist B♭ Trumpet | Bell: brass bell | Body: brass with nickel-silver braces | Valves: top-loaded, inner-spring valves | Finish: TBD My brother got an Olds Ambassador when he started 5th grade band in 1964. After the merger with Olds in 1964, Medalist models had a great deal in common with the Olds Ambassador models. Blessing for Reynolds in Elkhart, Indiana. Introduced in 1961 by Reynolds/RMC, the Medalist trumpet replaced the Roth model as the low-end student instrument in the catalog.