FOR SALE: Sonora Intermezzo 30R - $FREE

[OrthoFan]

This is not a folded reentrant horn, which must have been covered by patents at the time, but seems a good length exponential horn anyway... It surely sounds great! The black conduit looks like done kind of hardened fabric... a pretty dead thing, so no resonances are produced. The late Victor and Silverton, Birch,, etc portables had very good fabric horns that sounded great.

Yes, the black part of the horn is coated and hardened. It just coils around the cabinet to increase the overall length of the horn. It is a nice sounding machine and clearly designed to impress, from the “Richardson-designed” cabinet to the gold-plated motor. The Intermezzo was the next model in the line in 1927 below the top-of-the-line Philharmonic.
Bill

Many thanks! Interesting enough, when I looked at the photo just now, I could see the coil, as well as the back of the cabinet showing through. Earlier, on my screen, it appeared as a solid flat black box with rounded corners. (I know that as the ambient light grows dimmer throughout the day, my monitor screen adjusts accordingly, so that's probably why.)

OrthoFan