Antique Musical Instruments/fe olds trombone

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Expert: - 10/3/2006


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my father passed away two years ago where cleaning out the attic he colleted everything i found trombone i know nothing about instruments any information would greatly help on the front it has fe olds and sons o-25 fullerton calif on the mouth piece it has olds 15 on the bottom it has 19 where you put it together the number is 845818 the horn is 8 1/2 inches wide there is extra tubeing in the middle if that means anything  thanks again karen

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Karen,

Well it is a horn that was made in 1973.  I suspect you may be describing a trigger trombone.  Does it have any other word on it?  Like Ambassador, Special, or Studio, or anything like that?  

If you would want to send pictures (to kenton@punxypa.com), I might be able to tell something more about it.  

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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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