The Calicchio is 9 1/2” long, bell rim diameter is 3 7/8” and bore measures. In the last photo, he is playing it at his mountain cabin. He took this trumpet with him every time he traveled, including the Summer Olympic Games, until he could no longer travel. It is a Calicchio made for him in about 1965. This is the only trumpet that he kept until his death in 2011. The last three photos are Uan’s last trumpet. The over all length of this trumpet is 19 7/8" (18 3/4" from the bell rim to edge of curve), the bell rim diameter is 4 11/16" and the bore measures. I used the Olds for the first trumpet parts on American in Paris, West Side Story, On the Town, Singing in the Rain, My Fair Lady, Ben Hur, Spartacus and all the MGM pictures during that time." "This is the trumpet that I used on all those MGM dates, Billy Mays band and many other jobs until 1974 when I switched to a King Silver Flair trumpet, which I used for Chinatown. I would wear right through these patches and he would have to replace them every year. He put patches on the bell where my left hand would wear through. I stopped by Calicchio and he straightened it so I could play the job. One time I dropped it just before leaving for MGM, smashing the bell. Dominic Calicchio repaired this trumpet many times. I carried it in a gym bag with a gig bag and all my mutes. I was pretty hard on this trumpet, especially since I had to carry it while using crutches, so the extra braces on the bell and mouthpipe were helpful. When the trumpet was finished, Ruth Dallas delivered it to me at the studio. They wanted me to play the new Recording model but I didn't like the valves forward or the offset second valve, so they made me one using the Ambassador valve section, the bell length the same as the Super and the mouthpipe from the old Super Recording. I said that I really liked the Ambassador and could do good work with it.
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One of Agardbeds first tasks was handling the shift in 1954 from Olds long-time manufacturing plant in Los Angeles to bigger services in Fullerton, Ca.
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Ruth Dallas, who was Reg Olds secretary and managed the factory for him, came by the studio to ask us if we would play Olds trumpets. cornet and trombone versions that Olds had been already producing and experienced built its status on. 1955 F.E OLDS & SON AMBASSADOR Bb TRUMPET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. "This Olds Recording model trumpet was made for me in 1949 shortly after I was hired by MGM. 1954 CONN Cornet 80A Opera glass slide Good used as is condition Playable. I had a conversation with Uan about this trumpet and here is what he told me: He is second from the right in the trumpet section. The last photo to the is from a 1954 short film: "MGM 30th Anniversary Jubilee" in which Uan can be seen holding this trumpet.
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This was Uan Rasey's favorite trumpet for 26 years and was used for every important performance, recording and movie sound track during that time. I realize that this is a bold statement and would be impossible to prove, so let me know your ideas for the worlds most widely heard individual trumpet. This trumpet could have possibly been heard by more human beings than any other.