Brunswick Parisian horn problem... Solved

[Curt A]

Thanks to suggestions from other members and special thanks to Areg Gregorians for sending pics and a drawing, I have been able to construct a horn for my machine.

Since it is a handmade replacement, I took a few artistic liberties in its construction... I didn't want a plain black horn and I couldn't find good graphics for the basket weave Polly horn, so I decided a quarter sawn oak original would be the way to go... I found some wood photographs online and figured the necessary angles to replicate a wood type horn (still made from poster board). I have never been able to find a pic of a Parisian horn, so I made the OSCILLATOR decal from the original on the cover of the machine.

I also wanted a more durable horn, since the cardboard horns seemed to be a downfall for these machines, so when it was finished, I took it to Staples and had it heat laminated. Surprisingly, it all worked out well in the end and it plays great.

[AZ*]

Nice. I've made plain green ones, but yours looks super!

[RAK402]

Extremely nice looking and darned clever!

[gramophone78]

I to think it looks nice. However, it's just not original in design. I would still want to make a copy of an original or find one anyway.

[De Soto Frank]

Curt,

It looks wonderful !

Congratulations on finding a workable solution !



Frank

[Retrograde]

Very nice work, and handsomely made. Creativity trumps originality on this one.

My Polly Portable did not have an original oscillator so I settled for one made by AZ* that works very well, but it's not as stunning as your wood grained example.