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UNIQUE HISTORIC 1920 F.E. OLDS TROMBONE FAMOUSLY OWNED: " THE HARMONIAN " USED IN 1920-30'S BEN SELVEN ORCHESTRA EXCELLENT CONDITION TECH. SERVICED WITH ORIGINAL OLDS CASE AND ELKHORN DECENT SILVER MOUTHPIECE. IF ANYONE WISHS TO EXCHANGE INFO ON VINTAGE F E OLDS INSTRUMENTS I AM OPEN TO DOING SO 610 703 7351 COOKIE
PROUDLY PRESENTED HERE BY VINTAGE SAX AND BRASS ALLENTOWN I CALL IT:
" THE HARMONIAN "
THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC TROMBONE ! ON TOP OF THE CASE WRITTEN/STENCILED:
" HARMONIANS "
CREATIVELY INTERTWINED WITHIN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE LETTERS:
" SHIEKS OF SYNCOPATION "
MY RESEARCH SUGGESTS:
THIS WAS OWNED BY THE TROMBONE PLAYER IN THE 1920'S 30'S BAND HARMONIANS > WHO WAS LISTED AS CHARLES BUTTERFIELD IN THE BEN SELVIN ORSHESTRA > THE HARMONIANS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER BANDS SELVIN DIRECTED HAD THE SAME LISTED PERSONNEL > THEY PLAYED UNDER BANDS DIRECTED BY SELVIN > WHO WAS FAMOUSLY NOTED IN HISTORY FOR THE VOLUME OF RECORDINGS MADE BY THE BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA. BESIDE RECORDINGS DONE UNDER VARIOUS PSEUDONYM BAND NAMES THESE PLAYERS PERFORMED CONSTANTLY LIVE AND ON THE RADIO.
IMPORTANT SEE MY ILLUSTRATED PHOTOS 4 AND 5 VERY INTERESTING RESEARCH AND IMAGES CONNECTING THIS TROMBONE TO THE HISTORY OF IT.
1 TROMBONE IN GREAT PLAYING SHAPE SERVICED BY MY TECH WHO HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS 50 YEARS.
DUAL BORE .509 / .532 MEASURED AT OPENINGS OF INNER SLIDE STOCKING OPENINGS.
2 ORIGINAL LACQUER WAS VERY WORN SO I MADE THE BONE BARE BRASS LOOKS NICE.
3 SLIDE VERY VERY NICE, INCLUDING STOCKINGS. SMOOTH ACTION. SEE PICS. NOTE SOMEONE INSTALLED SOME NICE RUBBER BUMPERS IN THE HAND SLIDE SO WHEN FULLY DRAWN IN THERE IS NO CLANK. NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE.
4 PRETTY DENT FREE SEE PICS. RIPPLE DENT REMOVED ON OUTSIDE OF BELL SEE PICS. SOME SMALL PINGS ON CROOK OF OUTER SLIDE SEE PICS.
5 HAND BRACE WAS VERY WORN FROM PERSPIRATION THRU OUT THE YEARS...MY TECH HE COMPLETELY REBUILT A NEW BRACE EXPERTLY DONE. SEE PIC.
6 COMES WITH ORIGINAL CASE IN DECENT USABLE CONDITION, CLEAN NO SMELL ON IT OR ON TROMBONE. MIDDLE LATCH WORKS FINE. BUCKLE SNAPS FUNCTION FINE. COULD USE A BIT OF WOOD FILLER ON EDGES. INTERIOR WELL KEPT CLEAN AND HOLDS BONE SECURELY. SEE PICS.
7 A REPAIR ON BASE OF ONE BRACE. PRETTY CLEAN MY TECH CLEANED UP ORIGINAL REPAIR. SEE PIC.
8 IN THE ILLUSTRATED ( MY PIC 5 ) ( SHOWING A 1928 PHOTO OF SELVIN BAND )... SEE THE TROMBONE IN THE HISTORICAL PHOTO I THINK IT IS THIS PARTICULAR ONE I AM SELLING... IT HAS NO COUNTER WEIGHT BUT IS AN IN HAND TUNING BONE. I THINK LATER THE COUNTER WEIGHT WAS ADDED APROX. AFTER 1928 DATE OF THE PHOTO. AGAIN SEE MY PICS 4 AND 5 THEY REALLY TELL THE STORY.
9 WATER PAD KEY NEW FUNCTIONING FINE SEE PIC
10 COMES WITH DECENT VINTAGE ELKHORN MPC. MY ILLUSTRATED TEXT ON PIC IS NOT CORRECT I HAD IT AS ELKHART. NOT... ELKHORN TAKE NOTE. POLISHED , SNAKED , AND SANITIZED.
" THE HARMONIAN " TROMBONE MAKES IT SUPER COOL WITH IT'S HISTORY.
THUS : THIS IS A CHANCE TO OWN A VERY COLLECTIBLE AND PLAYABLE MODEL THAT IS RARE...AND EXTREMELY RARE IMO WAS OWNED BY CHARLES BUTTERFIELD PLAYER IN THE FAMOUS BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA. ( SEE ALL PICS AS MY RESEARCH WAS PRETTY INTENSE )
I TRIED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM. I OWN THE BUSINESS OF THE SAME NAME AS HERE. MY REPUTATION IS PARAMOUNT TO ME TO KEEP AT A+. I AM AN HONEST SELLER SEE MY FEEDBACK AND OTHER ITEMS
