Calicchio Artist Series: Pete Olstad Model Mouthpiece - A Brass Mavens Exclusive!
Jazz and lead trumpet player Peter Olstad has enjoyed a career most players can only dream of: touring and performing with the bands of Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Blood Sweat & Tears, Mel Torme, Luis Miguel, and Brian Setzer. Pete was on two of Maynard Ferguson’s bands - the Big Bop Nouveau and High Voltage. In 1999, Peter was hired by Tom Jones, playing lead with him for nearly a decade, and maintaining a demanding tour schedule of 35 weeks a year! From Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert Hall; the Hollywood Bowl to Wembley Stadium, Pete has played them all.
Born in Burbank California and later moving to Evergreen Colorado , Peter attended Berklee College of music in Boston and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley . While in college, Peter received the Downbeat magazine's best jazz soloist college division 3 years in a row, and later went on to become one of the five finalists in the Thelonious Monk Institute's Louis Armstrong jazz trumpet competition in Washington D.C.
Settling back in the Los Angles area after college, Peter spent the next 15 years as a freelance trumpet player before relocating to New York. Pete spent a decade there before returning to Colorado where he now resides. Pete Olstad still keeps a busy schedule of recording and occasional touring. He spent much of the Summer of 2023 touring and teaching in Japan.
Some updated stats (thanks, Pete!):
0.630" Inner rim diameter, based on the Marcinkieweicz Bobby Shew
Medium shallow cup, similar to Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 throat and famed Bert Herrick “Pete Candoli” backbore
Stamped D CALICCHIO
Marked OLSTAD 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
We have a second unique Pete Olstad model mouthpiece, with slightly different specs:
0.660” Inner rim diameter
Medium shallow cup, like the Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 Throat
Something backbore
Marked PETER OLSTAD
Contemporary Calicchio mouthpiece contour
Both are from the storied Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces, manufactured by Kanstul Musical Instruments.
More about Peter at www.peterolstad.com
Jazz and lead trumpet player Peter Olstad has enjoyed a career most players can only dream of: touring and performing with the bands of Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Blood Sweat & Tears, Mel Torme, Luis Miguel, and Brian Setzer. Pete was on two of Maynard Ferguson’s bands - the Big Bop Nouveau and High Voltage. In 1999, Peter was hired by Tom Jones, playing lead with him for nearly a decade, and maintaining a demanding tour schedule of 35 weeks a year! From Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert Hall; the Hollywood Bowl to Wembley Stadium, Pete has played them all.
Born in Burbank California and later moving to Evergreen Colorado , Peter attended Berklee College of music in Boston and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley . While in college, Peter received the Downbeat magazine's best jazz soloist college division 3 years in a row, and later went on to become one of the five finalists in the Thelonious Monk Institute's Louis Armstrong jazz trumpet competition in Washington D.C.
Settling back in the Los Angles area after college, Peter spent the next 15 years as a freelance trumpet player before relocating to New York. Pete spent a decade there before returning to Colorado where he now resides. Pete Olstad still keeps a busy schedule of recording and occasional touring. He spent much of the Summer of 2023 touring and teaching in Japan.
Some updated stats (thanks, Pete!):
0.630" Inner rim diameter, based on the Marcinkieweicz Bobby Shew
Medium shallow cup, similar to Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 throat and famed Bert Herrick “Pete Candoli” backbore
Stamped D CALICCHIO
Marked OLSTAD 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
We have a second unique Pete Olstad model mouthpiece, with slightly different specs:
0.660” Inner rim diameter
Medium shallow cup, like the Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 Throat
Something backbore
Marked PETER OLSTAD
Contemporary Calicchio mouthpiece contour
Both are from the storied Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces, manufactured by Kanstul Musical Instruments.
More about Peter at www.peterolstad.com
Jazz and lead trumpet player Peter Olstad has enjoyed a career most players can only dream of: touring and performing with the bands of Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Blood Sweat & Tears, Mel Torme, Luis Miguel, and Brian Setzer. Pete was on two of Maynard Ferguson’s bands - the Big Bop Nouveau and High Voltage. In 1999, Peter was hired by Tom Jones, playing lead with him for nearly a decade, and maintaining a demanding tour schedule of 35 weeks a year! From Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert Hall; the Hollywood Bowl to Wembley Stadium, Pete has played them all.
Born in Burbank California and later moving to Evergreen Colorado , Peter attended Berklee College of music in Boston and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley . While in college, Peter received the Downbeat magazine's best jazz soloist college division 3 years in a row, and later went on to become one of the five finalists in the Thelonious Monk Institute's Louis Armstrong jazz trumpet competition in Washington D.C.
Settling back in the Los Angles area after college, Peter spent the next 15 years as a freelance trumpet player before relocating to New York. Pete spent a decade there before returning to Colorado where he now resides. Pete Olstad still keeps a busy schedule of recording and occasional touring. He spent much of the Summer of 2023 touring and teaching in Japan.
Some updated stats (thanks, Pete!):
0.630" Inner rim diameter, based on the Marcinkieweicz Bobby Shew
Medium shallow cup, similar to Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 throat and famed Bert Herrick “Pete Candoli” backbore
Stamped D CALICCHIO
Marked OLSTAD 1
Contemporary Calicchio Contour
We have a second unique Pete Olstad model mouthpiece, with slightly different specs:
0.660” Inner rim diameter
Medium shallow cup, like the Giardinelli 10S
No. 29 Throat
Something backbore
Marked PETER OLSTAD
Contemporary Calicchio mouthpiece contour
Both are from the storied Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces, manufactured by Kanstul Musical Instruments.
More about Peter at www.peterolstad.com
Domenick Calicchio may best be remembered as a master craftsman and instrument maker, but did you know that he also made fine custom mouthpieces? Dominick used traditional tooling and methods, and did not keep many notes or drawings of these unique pieces, but he crafted fabulous custom mouthpieces - by hand- for the best players of the day.
A few years ago, Calicchio’s owner master craftsman John Duda sought to recreate some of these famous one-of-a-kind mouthpieces as the Calicchio Artist Series, and collect others to be included in the collection. Trusted agents helped track down the owners and asked if they would consider allowing replicas of these hand made custom mouthpieces to be made.
It was decided that the task of recreating these 'Holy Grail' mouthpieces should only be entrusted to the experts at Kanstul Musical Instruments, the pioneer and industry leader in single point mouthpiece scanning and accurate duplication at the time. Zig Kanstul welcomed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to honor this part of Domenick Calicchio’s legacy and he appointed his master craftsman (who at one time had worked for Domenick himself) to do the work.
These rare mouthpieces were collected and scanned over a period of weeks, and the originals quickly and safely returned to their owners. But John's health began to decline and for a time the entire industry was facing the challenges of a major recession. Later, Zig Kanstul passed, and the factory he founded shuttered. John Duda himself passed away recently, and it seemed the Calicchio Artist Series mouthpieces might never see the light of day after all...until now!
With your purchase, you will have bragging rights that you are directly supporting the effort to not only save Calicchio Musical Instruments, but also to highlight the contributions Domenick Calicchio and John Duda made to the industry.
Kanstul Musical Instruments was a pioneer in single-point scanning and mouthpiece duplication. Before the factory was shuttered, players from around the world trusted Kanstul for their accuracy in duplicating the most valuable and unique mouthpieces, as well as extremely consistent production mouthpieces. It can be argued that Zig Kanstul’s master craftsman helped educate the current generation of mouthpiece makers, and he continues to serve as a resource and consultant to the industry to this day.
