Adapting a Crapophone horn to a Victor E

[Curt A]

Maybe consider polishing the brass and getting rid of that "made to look old" look.
Or paint it black, or anything but that phony patina.

That's not "phony" patina, it's original "Pakistani Patina"...

[JeffR1]

Maybe consider polishing the brass and getting rid of that "made to look old" look.
Or paint it black, or anything but that phony patina.

That's not "phony" patina, it's original "Pakistani Patina"...

So you're saying it became that way over many decades and the horn was shiny brass when the repro was made ?

I don't think so, some sort of chemical was put on the brass to oxidize it right away and one can clearly see they used some sort of power wire wheel to age away the oxidization.
The marks from the wire wheel can obviously be seen and it's too inconsistent for it to happen on its own, it's all blotchy.
Therefore "phony" patina, it was made to look old when the thing was made _ I'm pretty sure there's a coating of lacquer on it to keep it that way.

[Curt A]

Jeff,
Didn't you catch the underlying humor in my statement? LOL Who ever said that "Pakistani Patina" is a historic time rendered patina from many years of careful care and handling? And, who's ever heard of "Pakistani Patina" anyway...? I think most of us realize that it's a cheap, chemical, phony patina...