John, As you could see by the close up of the picture I sent you of the horn, it's quite weathered. And I will leave it alone as I believed you mention earlier because of how thin the wood is. The horn feels like it was made out of balsa wood. I didn't realize how thin the wood horns were made. I also noticed, which may be just me, that I could not here a difference in the quality of sound when I switched from the wood horn over to a metal horn. I tried my metal horn ( black with brass bell ) that I have on my Victor I over on my Victor 5 and I just couldn't tell the difference. I plan on trying to clean the cabinet and Victor with the GoJo cleaner maybe this weekend as some of you said to try. I am getting plenty of GREAT Ideas from many of you off this list.
As far as keeping Audra ( girlfriend, Ladyfriend, , or as I joke with her, Activity's Partner ) around in helping me find phonographs, I think I will. The funny thing is, I don't know if it's me she wants or the Phonographs I have ,,, HA, HA!!! I enjoy reading each day here at work what many of you talk about in repairing phonographs. And have to say I'm glad to be included in this Phono list. Just wished there were people that lived closer to where I live so I could get some hands on experience in repairing and restoring. Thanks, keith From Keith.Carter Tue Mar 9 07:12:14 2004 From: Keith.Carter (Carter, Keith) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:36 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] could use some help Message-ID: <[email protected]> I'm not much on trying to explain what it looked like, but it was something like a heavy wire in brass with 3 half loops where you can attach the crane in any of the hoops. That's about as close as I can describe it. keith -----Original Message----- From: Steven Medved [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:13 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] could use some help What does the crane attach point look like? Steve I went to a large Antique Mall that had many dealers yesterday and found an Edison Concert All Brass Horn. I want to know what is the price these usually go for. The Dealer was asking $900.00 for it. The horn is about 5 foot to 5 ? foot long with a Bell of about 2 ? foot wide ( well, pretty wide anyway). I really didn't measure it for exact measurements. The horn is in perfect condition. What do these usually go for? Thanks, Keith _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From Keith.Carter Tue Mar 9 07:33:20 2004 From: Keith.Carter (Carter, Keith) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:36 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] my victor 5 Message-ID: <[email protected]> NOT SURE IF THE FIRST E-MAIL WENT OUT, SO I AM SENDING IT AGAIN: John, As you could see by the close up of the picture I sent you of the horn, it's quite weathered. And I will leave it alone as I believed you mention earlier because of how thin the wood is. The horn feels like it was made out of balsa wood. I didn't realize how thin the wood horns were made. I also noticed, which may be just me, that I could not here a difference in the quality of sound when I switched from the wood horn over to a metal horn. I tried my metal horn ( black with brass bell ) that I have on my Victor I over on my Victor 5 and I just couldn't tell the difference. I plan on trying to clean the cabinet and Victor with the GoJo cleaner maybe this weekend as some of you said to try. I am getting plenty of GREAT Ideas from many of you off this list. As far as keeping Audra ( girlfriend, Ladyfriend, , or as I joke with her, Activity's Partner ) around in helping me find phonographs, I think I will. The funny thing is, I don't know if it's me she wants or the Phonographs I have ,,, HA, HA!!! I enjoy reading each day here at work what many of you talk about in repairing phonographs. And have to say I'm glad to be included in this Phono list. Just wished there were people that lived closer to where I live so I could get some hands on experience in repairing and restoring. Thanks, keith
