DESCRIPTION:
THIS IS A RECORDING HORN FOR THE EDISON TWO MINUTE CYLINDERS. I HAVE FASHIONED IT AFTER AN ORIGINAL BRASS RECORDING HORN FROM 1905. THIS IS SIMPLY POSTER BOARD ROLLED INTO A FUNNEL, GLUED AND TAPED TO A THREE INCH PIECE OF REINFORCED RUBBER TUBING TO ATTACH IT OT THE RECORDER.

THE HORN SEEMS TO WORK WELL, AND IS LIGHT ENOUGH TO RIDE THE RECORDED WITHOUT THE NEED OF A CRANE ASSEMBLY. I WILL BE EXPERIMENTING WITH HORNS OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND BELL SIZES, THIS HORN SEEMS TO PRODUCER SATISFACTORY RESULTS, BUT I WILL NEED THE BROWN WAX CYLINDERS BEFORE I CAN DETERMINE THE EXACT LENGTH AND BELL DIAMETER FOR A PERMANENT HORN.

IN THE MEAN TIME THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE MY EXPERIMENTS. THE CYLINDER IS A SHAVED BLACK WAX CYLINDER THAT WAS COVERED WITH MOLD. THE CYLINDER IS FAIRLY QUIET AND IS MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH FOR MAKING VOICE RECORDINGS.

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