All known Olds serial numbers between 86,000 and 87,000 are Mendez trumpets and the next known number on one of these is 127,351, indicating that it took until early in 1955, after the factory moved to Fullerton, to complete and sell the first thousand. The production of Olds Mendez Trumpets started with the serial number 86,001 later in 1952 (earliest known is 86,004 was recently acquired by Dan Schultz). Further evidence showing that this is the only known prototype is shown in Eric Hamlin's "The Olds Register". The Mendez Trumpet was put into production in 1952 and he played multiple examples of that model for the rest of his life. Starting in 1950 or before, there were many publicity photos taken of Rafael Mendez and his two sons holding Olds Super and Super Recording model trumpets.
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