The Regent (Ohio Band Instrument Co.)

At about the same time that Foster Reynolds founded the F.A. Reynolds Co., he also established the Ohio Band Instrument Company. Producing instruments in the same factory as F.A. Reynolds horns, Ohio Band exclusively sold to dealers in the school band market and directly competed with rival H.N. White's Cleveland Band and American Standard divisions. Ohio Band produced The Regent, Roth and Paramount model lines. Little is known about the latter horns.

The Regent was Ohio Band's primary instrument line. Ohio Band offered dealers a full catalog (see below) of Regent brass and woodwind instruments and band accessories, including stands, mutes, mouthpieces, reeds, etc. Compare Ohio Band's catchphrase "Instruments of Quality" with the F.A. Reynolds slogan "Instruments of Distinction"; both are referred to in the Foreword to the Regent catalog.

The Ohio Band name and the Regent model line appear to have been discontinued sometime (~1950) after Scherl & Roth bought F.A. Reynolds Co. in 1946. By 1953, the only visible evidence of the Regent name in the Roth-Reynolds catalog was the Regent Silver Clarinet, which was probably retained to compete against H.N. White's SilverTone clarinet model.

Model Engraving Styles

The photos and notes below describe the different engraving styles that were used on "Regent" instruments.