About ten years ago I helped a lady get her father's old Columbia AT in running order by acquiring a suitable reproducer for it, and since she hated the Polyphone type horn that her father always used with it, I agreed to find her a black and brass horn for it. After I acquired the horn for her, I asked her what she was going to do with the Polyphone horn and when she said "throw it out with the trash", I of course saved it from that horrible fate. The only problem is that her day had painted it black with gold paint on the inside of the horn. I have often wondered if I should chance stripping off the paint and repainting it the correct colors. Does anyone know what the correct colors for a Polyphone type horn would be?
Bruce From [email protected] Tue Mar 8 19:02:43 2005 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:14 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Polyphone Horn Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 3/8/2005 5:58:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Does anyone know what the correct colors for a Polyphone type horn would be? -------------- Black with a gold rim. *Sometimes* I've seen them with a gold stripe at the join between the flare and the body. See my webpage: _http://members.aol.com/edisonphonograph/polyphones.htm_ (http://members.aol.com/edisonphonograph/polyphones.htm) . (One has a body stripe, the other doesn't, but I think the latter one was repainted. Both are original Polyphone horns as noted by the rings mounted to the edge of the bell.) I have the same type of funnel horn on my Bijou (but without the ring on the edge of the bell). That one is pristine original and has no body stripe, but the rim is gold: _http://members.aol.com/edisonphonograph/bijou.htm_ (http://members.aol.com/edisonphonograph/bijou.htm) . Best regards, Rene Rondeau
