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Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:52 pm**

Some odd proportions. Is this a studio recording horn? Poor condition, but maybe worth saving!

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Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:51 pm**

I'd wager that it's from a trombone.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:05 pm**

TinfoilPhono wrote:I'd wager that it's from a trombone.

Generally the bell of a trombone is wider, but maybe in older trombones it would be different.

Martin

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:11 pm**

Trombonist here. No way this is a trombone bell. Case closed (pun intended).

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:26 pm**

Another Trombonist here-- (Hi Henry!) Not a trombone. Perhaps a Herald Horn-- **Think-- the king entering the courtyard.

Brad Abell

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:47 pm**

I happily stand corrected on my trombone assumption. But I'd still wager it's from some musical instrument and not originally for a phonograph.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:30 pm**

I think it's a funnel for automotive work: transmission oil fill, etc.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:38 pm**

Henry wrote:I think it's a funnel for automotive work: transmission oil fill, etc.

For a very tall mechanic...

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:29 pm**

Could that be from a pipe organ? Definately not a recording horn, but it might work as one.

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:10 pm**

No hanger? Then it's not a recording horn.

- Bill

Recording Horn???