Picking up on George Paul's comment on this subject from some time back, I would like to mention that I also have one of the substitute metal horns that was offered in lieu of the black rubberized paper mache horn in 1905.
The paper sticker on the small end of the horn says something like, "This horn may be exchanged for the standard rubberized paper mache horn which is currently unavaliable owing to the Russo-Japanese war." I also have an advertisement from Munsey's magazine showing a picture of the victor 6 with this horn. I thought it's interesting that they would advertise with that horn given that it was supposed to be a temporary thing. I wonder if Tim Fabrizio's looks the same? Mine is not a particularly pretty horn compared to the other horns I've seen that could have come on a vic 6, (wood spearpoint, paper mache, no.23b all brass). You can see pictures of a victor 6 sporting these various horn options at my website, www.bojo.cz/phonograph. Click on the victor 6 and scroll down to the bottom of the victor page to see them. Sorry the webiste is kind of messed up. One of these days I've gotta get that junker amberola I off the home page. I put it on there to sell. It's since sold. Has anybody seen a wood grained brass bell horn for a victor 6? I have seen advertisements for them but have nver actually seen one. Regards, Bruce Johnson Pod Valem II, 870 252 43 Pruhonice Czech Republic website www.bojo.cz/phonograph Tel: (CZ) + 420 602 362 473 Tel: (US) + 1 612 605 5242 From [email protected] Mon Aug 13 03:12:00 2007 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Mon Aug 13 03:14:18 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] ***SPAM*** Phono-L Digest - Substitute metal horn for victor 6 In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Bruce, We illustrated an original mahogany-grained brass-bell horn for the Victor "VI" in our book, "Antique Phonograph Accessories & Contraptions."? That example is the only one I've seen. George Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 5:04 am Subject: [Phono-L] ***SPAM*** Phono-L Digest - Substitute metal horn for victor 6 Picking up on George Paul's comment on this subject from some time back, I would like to mention that I also have one of the substitute metal horns that was offered in lieu of the black rubberized paper mache horn in 1905. The paper sticker on the small end of the horn says something like, "This horn may be exchanged for the standard rubberized paper mache horn which is currently unavaliable owing to the Russo-Japanese war." I also have an advertisement from Munsey's magazine showing a picture of the victor 6 with this horn. I thought it's interesting that they would advertise with that horn given that it was supposed to be a temporary thing. I wonder if Tim Fabrizio's looks the same? Mine is not a particularly pretty horn compared to the other horns I've seen that could have come on a vic 6, (wood spearpoint, paper mache, no.23b all brass). You can see pictures of a victor 6 sporting these various horn options at my website, www.bojo.cz/phonograph. Click on the victor 6 and scroll down to the bottom of the victor page to see them. Sorry the webiste is kind of messed up. One of these days I've gotta get that junker amberola I off the home page. I put it on there to sell. It's since sold. Has anybody seen a wood grained brass bell horn for a victor 6? I have seen advertisements for them but have nver actually seen one. Regards, Bruce Johnson Pod Valem II, 870 252 43 Pruhonice Czech Republic website www.bojo.cz/phonograph Tel: (CZ) + 420 602 362 473 Tel: (US) + 1 612 605 5242 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. From [email protected] Mon Aug 13 04:38:26 2007 From: [email protected] (estott) Date: Mon Aug 13 04:40:25 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Auxetophone Sold! References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <002001c7dd9e$78ea9800$35e6f...@esjqacchoqgqch> All this talk reminds me that the only Auxetophone I've ever seen close up was a non functioning one in the game room of the John Ringling mansion in Sarasota Fla. It was rather battered, but the case had been painted to match the decor of the room (an Italian carnval motif) and still looked attractive. If you use the interactive tour here: http://motionvrtours.com/ringlingmuseum/GameRoom.html and press the STEP FORWARD arrow you can see it at the end of the room. Eric Stott
