very strange bent phonograph horn

[kirtley2012]

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anyone know what this is??

[fmblizz]

I know it's a horn but I think Tickle from the MoonShine series would like to get his hands on it... LOL

blizz

[Nat]

It's one of those hats that Welsh women used to wear, and it's been out in the rain.

[brianu]

I think you identified it already for yourself - a bent phonograph horn.

[VintageTechnologies]

It looks like an oversized hat worn by Gandalf the Gray.

[estott]

This would work if you pointed it backwards.

[Sidewinder]

I see that it has a chain that would connect to a horn support. I would say a clever construction to use a long horn in a condensed space. Never seen one before either live or in a catalog, so I suspect its a 1 off. The bend is obviously constructed so.

I would buy it if I saw it for sale, though the investment in Brasso may be a bit daunting!

[kirtley2012]

I see that it has a chain that would connect to a horn support. I would say a clever construction to use a long horn in a condensed space. Never seen one before either live or in a catalog, so I suspect its a 1 off. The bend is obviously constructed so.

I would buy it if I saw it for sale, though the investment in Brasso may be a bit daunting!

this one is for sale here in the UK, i asked the seller about buying it but i dont know what she will want, she is asking £700 for the edison home, horn and 100 cylinders so who knows!

[mrphonograph]

this brass horn realy looks like the ones used by the edison co to copy edison discs to cylinder they used a horn 2 horn system like this for the production of blue amberols after the fire of 1914 after the first world war they used straight horns that would interlock

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so this could be a very rare find if what i think is true

greetings
tino

[Lucius1958]

this brass horn realy looks like the ones used by the edison co to copy edison discs to cylinder they used a horn 2 horn system like this for the production of blue amberols after the fire of 1914 after the first world war they used straight horns that would interlock

EDISON_studio-dubbing.jpg

so this could be a very rare find if what i think is true

greetings
tino

Very unlikely that it was used for dubbing: such horns would not have had a flare or bell.

The angle is pretty awkward for any cylinder machine, too; which raises the question:

What the heck WAS it for?

Bill