Unknown Screw-in brass horn ID help please

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Unknown Screw-in brass horn ID help please

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Hello!
I have a nice screw-in brass horn which I thought would fit a Columbia machine. Turns out the thread end is larger. Any guesses what this might fit?
A European machine perhaps? Thanks!
Bob Barnett
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Canadian collector, Bruce Ward, who has been unable to sign on to the TMF for some time, sent me a text asking me to pass on his belief that your horn could very well be for one of the unusual Hawthorne & Sheble Star disc machines. I think he's correct, and generous, to give the effort to get his opinion posted here. :D

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I concur that the thread looks like that of a Star machine.

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Thanks, Jerry, for passing along this information, and please thank Bruce Ward for his input!
I hope he's able to sign on soon and join the conversations.

Does anyone have a Hawthorne and Sheble Star machine from which we could confirm Bruce's information?
Thanks to all for your help.
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phonogfp wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 8:22 pm I concur that the thread looks like that of a Star machine.

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Thanks George!
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barnettrp21122 wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 8:27 pm Does anyone have a Hawthorne and Sheble Star machine from which we could confirm Bruce's information?
Bob,

Jerry has (or at least he did) a Star machine he can use to confirm the horn's origin!

Best,
George

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