Thrift store 1937 Olds Los Angeles Super!
Hi Everybody!
I recently picked up this 1937 Olds Super from a local thriftstore!
It is in suprisingly good state for it being a 89 year old Trombone, only one small on the bell near the brace. The fluted slide still slides perfectly and has zero dents or dongs at all.
It only needed some cleaning, no polishing yet, because like how it looks this way.
The serialnumbers on the bellsectoin and the slide are 10700 and 10853, wich indicates that it was made in 1937.
It does not have a Slide lock, and the bell and slide lock together with a frictionfit connection.
I got it with a Rudy Mück Cushion Rim 23 mouthpiece, wich suits fhe horn pretty good. this combination makes it a pretty killer Jazz/Lead BigBand trombone, as it really packs a punch considering it is quite a small bore with the .485/.500 dual bore slide.
It has the 1" Tone band found on the earlier Super models, and the combination of nicklesilver and an unlaquered redbrass bell just looks fantastic.
I paid €300 for it, wich is pretty high for a thriftstore, but still not that much for an Olds super of this age in this condition.
These early models are quite rare here in the Netherlands, so I think the €300 was worth it!
For now I will just enjoy it for a while as it is, maybe I will restore it or pass it on in a while.
Do you giys think this was a good price for this horn? And what would you guys pay for it?