This page is a run down of those Bell Logos and the names I have given them. This could really be a pain to deal with so stick with horns from the late fifties on up if you go Olds.In an effort to more easily recognize what era a Buescher trumpet is from, I decided to start tracking what the "bell logo" looked like on horns of all eras.
Up until '55 or '56 the Olds cornets used a "large shank cornet mouthpiece" which was basically made by Olds for Olds and nobody else. The Olds Ambassador cornets are also good horns but you need to be careful of the mouthpieces. I'd start with either Bach or Schilke- probably a Bach 7c or Schilke 9). The shanks (the part that gos into the horn) are different in size from trumpets so you'd have to use cornet mouthpieces with a cornet. They tend to be cheaper than trumpets on EBay for a horn of equivalent quality.Ĭornet mouthpieces have similar cup sizes to trumpets ("true" cornet mouthpieces tend to be quite a bit deeper than trumpet pieces which are more bowl shaped but the difference here has blurred over the last fifty years or so.) and of course don't forget the 110 cornets in the big parade. In a church band or a more mellow sounding environment a cornet will work wonderfully.
There's also a broad middle ground of sound characteristics shared between the two and for many many listeners there'd be no difference in a blindfold test.
If you're going to play with a band most rock/ jazz venues are better suited to trumpets which are by and large more brash in tone but Bobby Hackett seemed to choke along pretty well on cornet and in many venues their more mellow sounds are better suited. No reason in the world not to for "I'd like to take up the instrument and play for my own pleasure" purposes.
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