I have enjoyed reading the postings regarding the
Victor wood horns and I remember the conversation with
Mike several years ago about the small smooth horns.
If my memory is correct, the small smooth horns came
out several years after the larger spear tip horns.
(1910 comes to mind) By then, Victrolas sales were
going through the roof and horn machines were selling
in much smaller numbers. Since Victor manufactured
their own Victrola cabinets, there must have been a
tremendous quantity of scrap veneer. What better way
to use scrap veneer than to use it making horns? If
you look carefully at any small wood horn, it appears
to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. It's even more
apparent when looking at a refinished one. I have no
facts to backup this theory but all the small wood
horns that I have seen support the idea. I was not
aware that there were two sizes of smooth horns except
the large smooth horn commonly seen on School Models.
The small mahogany horn on my Vic IV is the same size
as the oak one on my Vic II. Happy collecting, Jerry Blais
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From [email protected] Fri Jul 13 09:40:16 2007
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Date: Fri Jul 13 09:42:39 2007
Subject: [Phono-L] Smooth Victor Horns
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I was always under the impression that Victor did not make any of the
horns, metal or wood.
There is some evidence that the Japanned paper mache horns for the
early Victor VI were actually made in Japan, as an example, and the
metal horns were made by various east coast companies such as the Tea
Tray company in New Jersey (although I have never seen any
documentation mentioning that particular company's relationship to
Victor).
I believe that the spear-tip horns were made by one company, and the
smooth wood horns by another (Music Master, I have been told). That
doesn't rule out the possibility that Victor's scrap veneer was
somehow supplied to Music Master for use in horns, but it looks like
the companies operated on their own.
On Jul 12, 2007, at 10:06 PM, DeeDee Blais wrote:
> I have enjoyed reading the postings regarding the
> Victor wood horns and I remember the conversation with
> Mike several years ago about the small smooth horns.
> If my memory is correct, the small smooth horns came
> out several years after the larger spear tip horns.
> (1910 comes to mind) By then, Victrolas sales were
> going through the roof and horn machines were selling
> in much smaller numbers. Since Victor manufactured
> their own Victrola cabinets, there must have been a
> tremendous quantity of scrap veneer. What better way
> to use scrap veneer than to use it making horns? If
> you look carefully at any small wood horn, it appears
> to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. It's even more
> apparent when looking at a refinished one. I have no
> facts to backup this theory but all the small wood
> horns that I have seen support the idea. I was not
> aware that there were two sizes of smooth horns except
> the large smooth horn commonly seen on School Models.
> The small mahogany horn on my Vic IV is the same size
> as the oak one on my Vic II. Happy collecting, Jerry Blais
>
>
>
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