FOR AUCTION;  A FINE EXAMPLE OF AN AMERICAN LONG CORNET BY THE WORLD

         RENOWNED MAKER  F. E. OLDS  OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.  THE BUILD QUALITY

         IS SUPERB, AS WAS ALL OF THIS MAKERS INSTRUMENTS.  NICKLE PLATED VALVES,

         SLIDE KNUCKLES AND WATER KEYS.  THE SERIAL NUMBER IS  150164, THIS DATES

         THE CORNET TO 1957.  FOR ITS VINTAGE IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THERE IS

         ONE RATHER AMATEURISH REPAIR AT THE CURVE OF THE MOUTH PIPE, JUST BEFORE

         THE WATER KEY.  THE OTHER SMALL DENT IS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BELL.

             THE THREE VALVES WORK PERFECTLY, AND THE VALVE BUTTONS ARE TRIMMED

        WITH MOTHER OF PEARL.  THE TUNING SLIDES ARE FREE AND EASY. THE INSTRUMENT

        WAS ORIGINALLY LACQUERED, THIS HAD DETERIORATED AND WAS REMOVED. ALTHOUGH

        NICELY POLISHED, THE INSTRUMENT SHOULD BE RE-LACQUERED, THIS COULD DONE

        FOR A VERY MODEST COST. IT HAS BEEN TESTED BY A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER, AND

        HIS FEEDBACK WAS EXCELLENT.

                 THE HARD CASE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL, ALTHOUGH NOT CERTAIN, IT

       HAS BEEN MADE BY "OLDS" AND IS CUSTOMISED TO FIT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, IT IS IN

       EXCELLENT CONDITION, ONE VERY SMALL DENT IN ONE OF THE CORNERS.

               ALL ROUND THIS IS A VERY DESIRABLE INSTRUMENT, MUCH SOUGHT AFTER,

      ESPECIALLY FAVOURED BY JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS. THERE IS NO RESERVE BUT THE

      STARTING PRICE OF £75 SHOULD REFLECT THE CURRENT VALUE IN THE FINAL BIDDING.