i bought a used trombone that came with a Reynolds slide and Olds Standard bell. I really like the Reynolds slide. It's nickel-silver. I think it's from an Argenta. I tried measuring the bore and it's somewhere in-between .500-.512 and the SN dates to '61/'62. I love the range on the slide, although it's a bit heavy. I tried looking at the Contempora website to figure out what horn it came from, and I think it's the Argenta.
@@1320_ikimasho cool! The early Argenta had a .520 bore, after they merged with Olds in the 70's it became a .515 bore and used Olds connectors which why yours is paired with an Olds bell.
@ronzgarage the SN: 64635. When I say "Olds bell," I mean literally, the previous owner must have damaged the Reynolds bell and paired it with the bell from an Olds Standard from L.A. It doesn't screw on perfectly, but well enough to fit.
@ronzgarage I measured the bore using a telescopic gauge and micrometer. It came out to be a .515 bore. It has a locking nut on the slide which means it was probably made by Olds
i bought a used trombone that came with a Reynolds slide and Olds Standard bell. I really like the Reynolds slide. It's nickel-silver. I think it's from an Argenta. I tried measuring the bore and it's somewhere in-between .500-.512 and the SN dates to '61/'62. I love the range on the slide, although it's a bit heavy. I tried looking at the Contempora website to figure out what horn it came from, and I think it's the Argenta.
@@1320_ikimasho cool! The early Argenta had a .520 bore, after they merged with Olds in the 70's it became a .515 bore and used Olds connectors which why yours is paired with an Olds bell.
@ronzgarage the SN: 64635.
When I say "Olds bell," I mean literally, the previous owner must have damaged the Reynolds bell and paired it with the bell from an Olds Standard from L.A. It doesn't screw on perfectly, but well enough to fit.
@ronzgarage I measured the bore using a telescopic gauge and micrometer. It came out to be a .515 bore. It has a locking nut on the slide which means it was probably made by Olds
Didn’t know much about Reynolds horns. Beautiful trombones.
Where do you find these beauties?
I've found a few on E-Bay, Reverb, Craigslist, various auctions sites, FB Marketplace, friends.
Also there is a Reynolds Emperor for sale now on Reverb.com