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Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
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tonystardis
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Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
A friend brought this to the market. Approx 18.5 inches long,small end is about 1" outside dia and 8.5 wide at biggest . Any ideas,maybe a reworked or fancy horn. No markings.
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HisMastersVoice
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Re: Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
It looks like a vase with the bottom cut off. They have been mistaken for phonograph horns in the past.
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Phonofreak
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Re: Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
I second that. When I started collecting, I made that mistake. It functioned OK, until I got a good original horn from a fellow collector.
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phonogfp
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Re: Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
...And ditto! 
George P.
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tonystardis
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Re: Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
Cool, Thanx guys for your thoughts. I was worried she would sell it and it was something really good.
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Retrograde
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Re: Fancy Cylinder Horn ?? what is it?
It might make a good kitchen utensil for making tortilla bowlstonystardis wrote:Cool, Thanx guys for your thoughts. I was worried she would sell it and it was something really good.
