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I'm working on building my "ultimate" portable disc machine. The last detail is an outside horn which is easy to store and transport. Does anyone have any info on horns built during their era that were meant to be collapsible? Design and construction ideas are also welcome.

Thank you.

Here's an interesting one, which uses a draw-string to collapse the horn:

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/storie ... -ideal-fol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL348cvzpsU

Patent Data -- https://patents.google.com/patent/US811900A/en
Image: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis ... 1900-0.png

OrthoFan

donniej wrote:I'm working on building my "ultimate" portable disc machine. The last detail is an outside horn which is easy to store and transport. Does anyone have any info on horns built during their era that were meant to be collapsible? Design and construction ideas are also welcome.

Thank you.

Probably not quite what you had in mind, but the Polly Portable aka the Brunswick Parisian aka the Guiniphone was a portable that use a folding paper cone as a horn. Videos on YouTube, and some pics here of one I bought recently:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152778190 ... 778437859/

Here's another style of a folding horn phonograph; this one's a portable --
From: https://www.ebay.com/itm/PORTABLE-MIGNO ... 0408.m2460

HTH,
OrthoFan