The center of the brass instrument industry had begun to be established in the Mid-West, not the West Coast.
The reasons for Frank’s move to the West Coast are lost, but speculation suggests that factors other than an interest in pursuing a career in musical instrument manufacture may have dominated his thinking. Olds’ activities for the approximate two years between 18 are unknown, but the latter year found him in Los Angeles, the location of his home for the rest of his life. By 1882 Frank was listed simply as a “laborer”, as inauspicious beginning for a man whose surname would become one of the most famous in musical instrument history. His occupation was listed as being a “Cooper”, or one who makes tubs and barrels. Frank had returned to East Toledo in about 1879, living at home with his parents on the southwest corner of Utah and Wilmot. Conn factory records were destroyed by fire on, and Elkhart City Directories do not list Frank as a resident. It has been reported, but not corroborated, that, Frank worked in C.G.Ĭonn’s musical instrument factory in Elkhart, Indiana, presumably at the approximate age of 16 years. The family moved to Toledo, Ohio when Frank was young. Alva James Olds and Sarah Merril Averill (Olds), Frank’s parents, lived in Lockport, New York, but Frank was born in nearby Medina on. Assuredly, it was prior to 1910, the traditional formation of the Olds firm, but could have been as early as the mid-to late 1880’s. The date on which Frank Ellsworth Olds made his first brass musical instrument is not recorded.
E Olds and Son 1928-1979 Central Assorted discoveries, facts, and theories relating to trumpets made by F. Olds Central: Information on trumpets and cornets by F. The following is presented to assist in locating serial number lists and/or other information useful in dating Brass Instruments. An index of Brass instrument serial number lists.
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