r/Phonographs • u/brubakes • 23d ago
Heck of a horn
Picked this up today! It's about 42" long and 20" wide. I don't know anything about it other than that.
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u/Gimme-A-kooky Victrola 23d ago
Wow! It’s got the little squiggly wire and everything! Nice find!
It just dawned on me- dude… that’s almost 4 feet!!!
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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 23d ago edited 23d ago
This was used on an Edison cylinder phonograph. A horn this long needed a crane. A crane in this sense was a curved rod (like a shepherd's crook) that attached to the phonograph. The end of the crane had a small chain that was attached to the missing loop on this horn.
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u/JohnnyBananapeel 23d ago
I have the same size horn on my street machine, same brand decal and everything. It sounds awesome.
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u/oldschooltom 23d ago
That’s awesome! If you’re interested, pick up some brasso and go to work on the brass bell, it’s amazing how crazy the difference will be.
Here’s what it did for mine!