THE  OLDS GEYER WRAPPED  FRENCH HORN   IS FOR SALETHIS HORN WAS MADE  IN 1960'S In the 1950s Olds was in Fullerton, California having moved from LA a few miles away. During this era Olds trumpets and trombones were really fine quality instruments and fine artists of the day used them and there was even a "studio series". The LA sound is what one hears on most of the soundtracks of movies made during that period. Olds was being run at this time by Mr. Reynolds who had closed down his Ohio factory and had taken up the task of helping Olds to gain market share over Conn. The studio musicians of the day used Conn 8Ds and Kruspes, both usually with modified leadpipes. It was probably Reynolds who decided to use the Geyer wrap on this "high end" horn, although I am not sure. The man who made the valves for Carl Geyer in Chicago was in LA and sold valves to the Olds company as well. He may have offered the valves to Olds and that may be how this Olds horn got the valves of a Geyer... they really were from the same shop! I think that Mr. Reynolds was trying to build a better horn than Conn, and this geyer/knopf wrap allowed him to build a big horn with a freer blowing feel. The horn plays with a fine clear dark ringing tone. It is a fine horn made to compete with the big Nickel horns of the day, yet using the Geyer wrap. It was just too costly a horn to break into a field dominated by Conn...especially as this is during the time when Conns were becoming the most used professional horn in the US.THIS IS A VERY NICE EXAMPLE  RARE CLASSIC OF THIS HORN  I'M NOW OFFERING IT FOR SALE????GREAT HORN FOR ALL LEVELS ,THIS HORN IS VERY EASY TO PLAYTHESE HORNS HAVE MINIMAL RESIDENCE COMPAREDTO MANY HORNS  ON MARKET MAKING THEMVERY DESIRABLE FOR SMOOTH MELODIC PLAYINGTHIS HORN HAS HAD SOME REPAIRS,ALL DONE PROFESSIONALLY,IT COMES WITH ORIGINAL CASE,STICKERS ON THE CASE INDICATE IT HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN AND SCANDIAVIAN COUNTRIESONE LATCH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO CLOSETHERE IS A  VERY SMALL PATCH ON THE LEADPIPE?I HAVE %100 PERCENT FEEDBACK,,I HAVE MANAGEDTO GET MANY YOUNG PLAYERS  GOOD USA MADE HORNS A T A REASONABLE PRICEAS A FORMER TEACHER A PLAYER I ENJOY THIS  SUCCESSAND THE CHRISTMAS CARDSSIGNS OF A COUPLE SOLDER REPAIRS,AND A SMOTHING OUT OF A COUPLE DENTS IN  THROAT OF BELLYHIS IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE HORNCHECK PICTURESi have   decades of experience playing,the horn was built to be competitive with the worldat the cost that was to great to continue manufacturing;;i have a solid feedback (100%)I WILL BE SELLING OTHER HORNS AT THIS TIMENEED MORE PICTURES OR INFORMATIONPLEASE CALL 248 6 2 48 620,,,,,READ  ,,,,,,,,,,READ BELOW

Quoting the seller: In the 1950s Olds was in Fullerton, California having moved from LA a few miles away. During this era Olds trumpets and trombones were really fine quality instruments and fine artists of the day used them and there was even a "studio series". The LA sound is what one hears on most of the soundtracks of movies made during that period. Olds was being run at this time by Mr. Reynolds who had closed down his Ohio factory and had taken up the task of helping Olds to gain market share over Conn. The studio musicians of the day used Conn 8Ds and Kruspes, both usually with modified leadpipes. It was probably Reynolds who decided to use the Geyer wrap on this "high end" horn, although I am not sure. The man who made the valves for Carl Geyer in Chicago was in LA and sold valves to the Olds company as well. He may have offered the valves to Olds and that may be how this Olds horn got the valves of a Geyer... they really were from the same shop! I think that Mr. Reynolds was trying to build a better horn than Conn, and this geyer/knopf wrap allowed him to build a big horn with a freer blowing feel. The horn plays with a fine clear dark ringing tone. It is a fine horn made to compete with the big Nickel horns of the day, yet using the Geyer wrap. It was just too costly a horn to break into a field dominated by Conn...especially as this is during the time when Conns were becoming the most used professional horn in the US.

I WILL ADD MORE DETAILED  PICTURES   IF YOU REQUESTSERIAL # 660XXX (MADE AROUND 1969)THIS IS ONE OF THOSE   RARE CLASSIC  USA  MADE   MODELSOF LIMITED NUMBERS, RARELY SEEN FOR SALE,,THIS HORN HAS VERY  GOOD COMPRESSION AND VALVES MADE BY  OLDSORIGINALS IN 50'S, THIS MODEL,  VALVES WHERE MADE SAME GUY THAT MADE GEYER'S AT THE TIME (1957),THIS IS FROM HORNUCOPIA

1359	French Horn	Olds			1956
Quoting the seller: In the 1950s Olds was in Fullerton, California having moved from LA a few miles away. During this era Olds trumpets and trombones were really fine quality instruments and fine artists of the day used them and there was even a "studio series". The LA sound is what one hears on most of the soundtracks of movies made during that period. Olds was being run at this time by Mr. Reynolds who had closed down his Ohio factory and had taken up the task of helping Olds to gain market share over Conn. The studio musicians of the day used Conn 8Ds and Kruspes, both usually with modified leadpipes. It was probably Reynolds who decided to use the Geyer wrap on this "high end" horn, although I am not sure. The man who made the valves for Carl Geyer in Chicago was in LA and sold valves to the Olds company as well. He may have offered the valves to Olds and that may be how this Olds horn got the valves of a Geyer... they really wer Copyright © 2011 - 2025, musical-instruments-for-all.com Limited | All rights reserved Do you want to sell or buy some musical instrument? Then you are on the right place here. Search our extensive catalogue of musical instrument and accessories. You can find here every pianos or guitars you can imagine.