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I am in posession of an Ambassador Bell Front Alto w/case. Maybe made in 1957? It is old. But I cannot find any information on this horn? Any idead of where to look? Maybe what the value is?
Thank you very much in advance for your time!
Shelly C.
Hi Shelly,
Unfortunately, the alto horn is not used much anymore, there is one pictured at: http://www.horn-u-copia.net/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1108659366
And, there is information on the Olds company one the same site.
You can get a date of manufacuture from the serial number.
The Ambassador was the Olds company student line of instrument.
Sadly, there isn't going to be a lot of demand for this instrument.
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Kenton Scott
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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.
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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net
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B.S. Ed, M.S.
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