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This time it's a 1947 Standard.

Where does the Standard fall in the Olds lineup? Is it between Special and Ambassador?

cheers! mike

although wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:10 pm Where does the Standard fall in the Olds lineup? Is it between Special and Ambassador?

Per Olds afficionado, JohnL (source of tons of information on Olds):
...professional-grade instrument (one notch below the Super)

http://itsabear.com/horns/TIB_Standard/ ... ndard.html

Posaunus wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:03 pm

although wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:10 pm Where does the Standard fall in the Olds lineup? Is it between Special and Ambassador?

Per Olds guru, JohnL (source of tons of information on Olds):
...professional-grade instrument (one notch below the Super)

http://itsabear.com/horns/TIB_Standard/ ... ndard.html

So among the Olds of the 1940s would it be:
Special
Standard
Super
Recording
Etc?

although wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:10 pm Where does the Standard fall in the Olds lineup? Is it between Special and Ambassador?

cheers! mike

The Standard was above the Special.
http://rouses.net/trumpet/olds1947/olds1947_4.htm
Note the pricing; the Super is $240, the Standard $215, and the Special $165. Neither the Recording nor the Ambassador had been introduced yet.

Olds first used the "Standard" name for their original TIS design when they introduced their new "Self-Balancing" (i.e., bell tuning) model in the late 1920's. Eventually the Self-Balancing became the Standard Self-Balancing, and finally just the Standard. The Standard seems to have been dropped from the line around the same time as the Studio was introduced, and the Studio occupied the same spot in the Olds hierarchy (above the Special and below the Super).

Thanks, John!

I cleaned up the image a bit and added "The Bear" logo.
Makes it look like a complete page that way.