Oak or Mahogany cygnet horn

[tomb]

I had one cygnet horn painted in oak and it looks great. I would liked to have it slightly lighter though.. Someone on the forum also had one repainted that looked great. Did they ever paint the cygnets in spruce. It does not seem to be in Flows so probably not. I wonder if Eurado can do an inlaid mother of pearl.?? Probably cost a fortune but how it would look. I would probably have to send him my next years pay checks for it. Beans for supper seven days a week. Tom B

[[gandt]monarch]

can not answer oak or mahogany cygnet horn however, i purchased an oak and a mahogany spearpoint horn from EDUARDO IN PERU for a couple of disc gramophones i had.they were delivered safely from peru to england [uk] ,and would just like to say the workmanship was magnificent.he also does good decals.

[phonojim]

As others have stated, you could purchase any cygnet horn for any machine back in the day. However there can be a question of what horn will look "right" on a particular machine. I have a Triumph D2 with an oak cygnet horn. Several years ago the Triumph was down for serious work for quite a while. I wanted to be able to hear my cylinders at their best during this time, so I mounted the cygnet on my Standard D, which had been factory drilled for the cygnet mount. It worked very well and was in no danger of tipping but, I have to admit the cygnet does look somewhat overpowering on the diminutive Standard. A Home is a much better fit visually and the Triumph is obviously the best fit. However, it is still your choice to outfit your machine the way you wish. BTW: since you are adding a cygnet, you may want to purchase a horizontal carriage so you can upgrade to a diamond B and/or O reproducer.
As far as mixing mahogany with oak on the same machine, I have a Victor V which I bought as part of a collection over 45 years ago. At that time, the V was equipped with a mahogany spearpoint horn. The oak on the V is dark enough and the mahogany is light enough that they look good together and I decided that since they came to me that way they would stay that way. Because of my experience I would not necessarily look askance at something like this at an auction, antique market, etc.

Jim

[tomb]

Thanks Jim and everyone else for the input. Since the machines are oak I will stick to the oak. What color should the elbow be painted though??? Should I send an elbow out to be painted oak or will a solid color be required. I am a little lost on the elbow. He does not furnish an elbow so I will need to purchase one. Tom B

[gsphonos]

Hi Tom,

I recently got one of Eduardo's Oak cygnet horns, on a Triumph Model A, from a friend. My friend bought a repro horn elbow from Wyatt's and did the oak "graining" himself. Looks good! You will have to check it out--if you haven't seen one in person yet. I really like it. It sits across the phonograph room from an original Oak cygnet horn on a Triumph Model E.

Mike

[tomb]

Sounds good. I would like to see it. I do not know how good my artistic painting will be on the horn but I can give it a try and if I screw it up I can have someone else cover up my mistakes. Let me know any day but the weekend....Thanks Tom