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Post by tinfoilphono on Jan 26, 2009 22:43:04 GMT -6
I seem to remember you buying that little blue flowered cutie at Union - - just before I could reach it...! It's a real sweetheart... Nope, that wasn't me. I actually bought this one on eBay (GASP!). I saw one at the CAPS show a few years ago but the dealer would only sell it with a Gem. I passed, but after a while I decided what the hell, buy the package, keep the horn, and sell the Gem on eBay. So I raced straight back to do exactly that and of course it was gone. So when this popped up on the Bay I jumped on it.
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Jan 27, 2009 0:52:29 GMT -6
While they pale in comparison to the beauty of reproducing horns, I find recording horns turn up infrequently. Would anyone like to share any photos of their utilitarian recording horns?
Bill
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Post by catfishjohn on Jan 27, 2009 21:07:59 GMT -6
George, Thanks for the BC horn info. I prefer the 54 inch H&S horn to the flower horn. This is for the BC Cameraphone so I’m guessing they would have used as large a horn as possible for volume. Here is a picture of a 56 inch brass horn I’ve had in my basement for a few years. If I cut it down for to fit the larger size ferrule it would be just about the right size. The bell is about 20 ½ inches across. I sure do hate to modify it, but it sounds like the correct horn is pretty rare. I had thought it might be a recording horn and to me it looks skinnier then yours?? Best regards, John
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Post by phonogfp on Jan 27, 2009 21:51:58 GMT -6
John, I believe the horn you have pictured was made by the Standard Metal Manufacturing Company rather than Hawthorne & Sheble. I wouldn't modify the horn you pictured; it wouldn't be quite kosher for a BC/Cameraphone, nor would the larger ferrule be appropriate for a Standard horn. Columbia seemed to use H&S horns exclusively. Admittedly, the BC was sold without a horn, so one could argue that a dealer could sell the new BC owner any kind of horn - - but not really. It would have to be equipped with the BC-size ferrule, and I believe that H&S was the only company to supply those. I have a horn like the one you pictured mounted to an AG Graphophone (see below). It's too nice a horn to ruin - - hold out for an H&S. One will turn up... George P.
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Post by catfishjohn on Jan 28, 2009 13:13:40 GMT -6
Thanks George -
You sure have a knack for indentifying horns. My dad is like that with old cars. He can see a tailight and know it's from a 37 Buick. Reminds me of Rainman.
Best,
John
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Post by phonogfp on Jan 28, 2009 17:34:30 GMT -6
John,
Of course I'm an excellent driver...
George P.
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colocrank
Three Spring Motor
The kid with the most toys wins the game
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Post by colocrank on Jan 28, 2009 19:07:35 GMT -6
George is on his way to Las Vegas, he's gonna be countin' horns, countin' horns...... yeah, countin' horns !
I couldn't resist.
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Post by MTPhono on Jan 31, 2009 20:27:24 GMT -6
I thought of a few more odd phono horns: This one was in one of Georges books. It's an 8 1/2" long horn that folds to less than 3". I have to assume that it originally came with a letter carrying case. Here is a Lioret #2 and it's very odd horn:
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Post by Moooperator on Feb 1, 2009 9:43:42 GMT -6
Scott, that aluminum horn works on the same principle of a little metal cup my mom kept in her purse to take her "medicine" with when traveling. Of course the rings locked and you could not loose one - I would think there were many of these horns that lost a ring which rendered it useless.
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Aaron
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Post by Aaron on Feb 2, 2009 14:41:47 GMT -6
I have always liked that horn when ive seen it on your website Scott... Where did you find it?? i have never seen another folding horn so if you got it at i show i'm sure you paid a large price for it.
Still Very Nice...,
Aaron
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Post by MTPhono on Feb 2, 2009 16:07:17 GMT -6
Hi Aaron
I bought it on eBay from Charley Hummel. It is the exact horn shown in one of Georges book. I don't think this would be considered a folding horn (that is a whole other style of construction) but more likely a collapsible horn. Can somebody with a folding horn add pictures here?
Price-wise I think it was a little pricey, something like $250-300 IIRC.
Regards, Scott
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Aaron
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Post by Aaron on Feb 2, 2009 16:48:03 GMT -6
Your right Scott a folding horn is completely different.And i would have thought it would be priced around $450.Great find!
Aarom
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colocrank
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Post by colocrank on Feb 6, 2009 22:43:38 GMT -6
I once was told by a fellow collector that Edison produced a cygnet horn with a "whale skin" bell. He was an advanced collector and swears he had his hands on one at one time and was perplexed since it was nothing he had never seen before. Has anyone ever heard that a cygnet horn was offered with a whale skin bell? I know it sounds completely absurd by todays standards but what about 100 years ago?
I just thought it was interesting to relive the story after 15 years.
ColoCrank
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Post by Rabbi Mohel on Feb 7, 2009 3:36:35 GMT -6
I once had a 14" horn with a foreskin bell . . . When you rubbed it, it became a 54"!!! (rimshot) plus, I get to keep the tips! (rimshot) I'll be here all week!
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Post by style6 on Feb 7, 2009 5:34:31 GMT -6
I've always wanted to see the Music Master horn Edison offered with mother-of-pearl inlay. That must be some horn!
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