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I have a variety of small cylinder horns and wondered if they are authentic or reproductions made for collectors. I would value your opinion whatever that might be. All of the horns except B and C show some age but these machines have been collected for about the last sixty years (wowsers!) and quite actively for the last forty years. So even a reproduction horn could show some age. Honest opinions please.

Thanks, Jerry Blais

C is most definitely an original! You'd have to be off your gourd to reproduce that.

Without good side-views of the body-to-bell lines, it's hard to tell, but here are my opinions (which I wouldn't take to the bank):

A: Original, but a possible body painting added.

B: Original, possibly re-nickeled.

C: Very rare original horn made by well-known but erratic genius.

D: Old reproduction.

E: Original.

Again, good side views looking straight on would be helpful in assessing.

George P.

C is most definitely an original! You'd have to be off your gourd to reproduce that.

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C: Very rare original horn made by well-known but erratic genius.

Thanks, I couldn't help myself. Of the horns I've listed, do any have a specific machine that it was intended? Are any of the horns Edison or Columbia?

Best wishes, Jerry

Jerry B. wrote: Of the horns I've listed, do any have a specific machine that it was intended? Are any of the horns Edison or Columbia?

I've already stuck out my neck too far with the existing photos.

George P.

Jerry B. wrote:

C is most definitely an original! You'd have to be off your gourd to reproduce that.

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C: Very rare original horn made by well-known but erratic genius.

Thanks, I couldn't help myself. Of the horns I've listed, do any have a specific machine that it was intended? Are any of the horns Edison or Columbia?

Best wishes, Jerry

You should make a cylinder phono cabinet out of a big coconut shell, pair it with the Gourd- A- Horn and call it an Edison Colonial, then post it for sale on eBay.

Any idea what make the nickel horn, # B, is? Or what machine it was made for?

It is just a little bigger than the small Columbia Nickel horn and has a bend in the elbow. Almost looks like it is made for a Columbia BS but I believe they were the next size larger and were straight?

Bruce

Be nice to the "Gourd Man."

clarphon wrote:Be nice to the "Gourd Man."

Imma start calling him "Gourdy B"... or maybe "Jerry Gourdy".

gramophone-georg wrote:C is most definitely an original! You'd have to be off your gourd to reproduce that.

wow haha this made me laugh