Flugabone Shootout (King vs. Olds)

A quick and dirty comparison between the two most popular flugabones, the King 1130 and Olds O-21. Tested with 2 mouthpieces: a Hammond 11M and a Bach Corp. 6 1/2 AL.
Everything was improvised (sometimes badly) and played rapid-fire into everyone's favorite pristine studio-grade microphone, the Samsung Galaxy S7.

[@christopherfinelli7831]

The first marching baritone I ever played was the Bach Mercedes produced version of this horn. Absolutely loved it. Definitely a reason why I prefer Yamaha marching brass today.

[@degelepassant1186]

I really dig the Olds/Hammond match, better than any other 3 combinations !!!

[@SamuelPlaysBrass]

I was surprised that I heard more confident slots and 'ring' to the tone from the Olds. I always figured the King was the standard and anything else was derivative.

[@Finetales]

A lot of people do prefer the Olds, actually. The King had the distinction of inventing the term "flugabone", but I don't actually know which one came first. The King is also the one I'm used to (I own the King, and am trialing the Olds), so it's doubly interesting that the Olds seems to do certain things better.

[@mus1970]

Both great instruments, excellently played, well done!

[@dinobuddy]

I will always upvote content from Tiffany

[@Chicosono]

Definitely the Olds O-21 as far as these two instruments are concerned.

[@SarahKLive]

I have never heard of the flugabone, but its definitely got great range on it

[@kn-qz7by]

Nice playing

[@mixedstaples8030]

I played a musical recently with a flugabone part, which I played on trombone, but now I really goddamn want one, thanks lol

[@Finetales]

What show?

[@mixedstaples8030]

@Finetales Be More Chill! The book is trumpet, flugabone, theremin and recorder, I'm a terrible trumpeter, so I put my trombone through an octave pedal to cover the trumpet parts lol

[@skraegorn7317]

I marched in high school with a very similar “marching trombone” from Blessing. Played great until one of my section mates had it the next year and dropped it. RIP

[@yellowsport3]

Hi Tiffany! You sound really nice! I too play flugabone; would you like to do a duet or two?