EMG Gramophone - Beyond All Hope?

[kirtley2012]

Many thanks for your input Chunny---another very interesting option. I can see the good sense in what you say even though the paper does seem stable, the only thing being that if one went that far, which would necessarily involve chamfering back the sections which are just too far gone or missing completely, one might just as well go the whole hog and re-finish the complete horn both in and out. I suppose one could just leave the built up sections showing the required spliced-in new paper which would mean that the sound capabilities and shape would be regained. There would then be the option of not adding finishing papers inside or out so that the history was not compromised. Cosmetically, that may not be too appealing but still interesting !

It is important to note that the horn in its present state is extremely light in weight---probably half as heavy as my other one in good condition. I suppose this demonstrates how much of the original structure has been leached out and is actually missing.

Graham, That sounds like a good idea to me, if not leave it as is (which may be best considering you do have another oversize with a good horn) then mould it back to its original shape, leave the original paper as is and don't touch it but create new sections for the missing paper showing that it has obviously been repaired, maybe do these sections in white, that way you keep the history and the beat up 'hard life' look and regain the performance.