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MY LAST HORN
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MY LAST HORN
Remember when I was looking everywhere for a black TTC horn, well I finally got one.
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Re: MY LAST HORN
And a rather unusual floral design to boot. Congratulations! 
It just occurred to me that my FIRST horn is similar to your LAST horn: a black TTCo. with floral decorations. Although mine has the more common roses, and someone was really scrubbing on one blossom at some point (it wasn't me!), this one is special to me because it's the first phonograph horn I ever owned. I bought it on an Edison Standard B just after my 14th birthday.
It's the one on the lower left...
George P.
It just occurred to me that my FIRST horn is similar to your LAST horn: a black TTCo. with floral decorations. Although mine has the more common roses, and someone was really scrubbing on one blossom at some point (it wasn't me!), this one is special to me because it's the first phonograph horn I ever owned. I bought it on an Edison Standard B just after my 14th birthday.
It's the one on the lower left...
George P.
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Re: MY LAST HORN
I noticed that these black TTC horns have the same floral paintings on my blue Edison Standard Model E horn. Did TTC make these horns for Edison and used the same floral painting or it just coincidence?
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Tea Tray definitely made horns for Edison (along with the Standard Metal Manufacturing Company), so the similarity in decoration may not be coincidental.
George P.
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George,
Your red, fluted horn is my absolute favorite. I have one in red, like yours, and a blue one. A friend of mine has a blue one that is one size smaller than yours, (and mine). I've never seen another.
Your red, fluted horn is my absolute favorite. I have one in red, like yours, and a blue one. A friend of mine has a blue one that is one size smaller than yours, (and mine). I've never seen another.
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Can they be cleaned without harming them? Also, my black horn has a few dents. Can they be removed?
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Good to see you found the black TTC horn, Ronnie. This topic got me digging out some of my original flowered horns. I was sure that I had a black TTC flowered horn with chrysanthemums like yours and I was right. The top row are all TTC. Still looking for a nice original green flowered horn. The bottom left is a Babson flowered horn with its original applied flower decals. The lower right one is the Edison model E Standard horn. Nicest example of one of these horns I've found. Regarding the dents in your horn, Ronnie, I would leave it as is.
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Those are awesome Doug.FellowCollector wrote:Good to see you found the black TTC horn, Ronnie. This topic got me digging out some of my original flowered horns. I was sure that I had a black TTC flowered horn with chrysanthemums like yours and I was right. The top row are all TTC. Still looking for a nice original green flowered horn. The bottom left is a Babson flowered horn with its original applied flower decals. The lower right one is the Edison model E Standard horn. Nicest example of one of these horns I've found. Regarding the dents in your horn, Ronnie, I would leave it as is.
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Re: MY LAST HORN
Absolutely stunning!!FellowCollector wrote:This topic got me digging out some of my original flowered horns.
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Just for the record, the red horn is a "Lily" horn, introduced in 1908 by the Standard Metal Manufacturing Company.JerryVan wrote:George,
Your red, fluted horn is my absolute favorite. I have one in red, like yours, and a blue one. A friend of mine has a blue one that is one size smaller than yours, (and mine). I've never seen another.
George P.