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It looks like the metal collar is handmade with a screw driven into it, and a new decal added. I am assuming that it may not started life as a Victor horn. What is it?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124842852332?h ... SwMz1hDqFM
What is this horn on Ebay?
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MikeB
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What is this horn on Ebay?
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Curt A
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
There was a similar style made for Columbia machines, but I don't know about Victor. It looks new enough to be a Don Gfell horn...
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"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
I've seen these horns (or similar) on DGAG machines. The decal may be a later addition, and the finishing at the throat is quite rough. I bet it's a modern compound made from an old horn... 
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
I have a HMV machine sold in Germany with a horn like this, with a Grammophon decal, that is similar but not identical - the petals are convex, not concave like the one in the photo.
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JerryVan
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
This is almost certainly a Don Gfell horn.
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Steve
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Correct, you beat me to it!
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AZ*
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
I've never seen a collar like this on Don's horns.
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Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
You are right - Don would never do that to one of his horns. It must be a later home made hack job addition for a lost or damaged collar. Even then, what would it fit - "properly"?AZ* wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:07 pm I've never seen a collar like this on Don's horns.
crappy horn s-l1600.jpg
The wood portion looks good...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife