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What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:12 pm
by MikeB
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
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:15 pm
by Curt A
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...
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:37 pm
by Inigo
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...
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:27 pm
by CarlosV
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.
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:10 am
by JerryVan
This is almost certainly a Don Gfell horn.
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:04 am
by Steve
JerryVan wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:10 am
This is almost certainly a Don Gfell horn.
Correct, you beat me to it!
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:07 pm
by AZ*
I've never seen a collar like this on Don's horns.
Re: What is this horn on Ebay?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:58 pm
by Curt A
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
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"?
The wood portion looks good...