Kama's "Voice of the Theatre" project
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Kamakiri
The New Dynamic
The cabinet and horn were pretty beat up, but I really shouldn't cripe. The rare 808 horn was pretty battered in sections and was cracked off on the corner, so I came up with a great idea to make it usable again. First came the cardboard cut out to the shape of the voids followed by hot glue. Bear in mind that I wanted something that would be easy to work with, be about as resonant as the rest of the horn, and could be undone if somebody down the road felt that it ruined any "collectible" value....
Thatch_Ear
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Those are some pretty heavy horns. I had to move a pair around to get at some stuff about a month ago down at Chimera. Dennis said they are the best multicell horns made. Tom Brennen told me the can be filled with tar to stop the horn ring.
Mighty impressive Tim!
Mighty impressive Tim!
Thatch---Oh, those 808s of Kam's are just baby multicells. 
They're the tar-filled kind and I've seen collectors pay big bucks for them, they stopped using that horn in the early 50s and went to the 811 and 511 radial horns.
www.chicagohornspeakerclub.org
They're the tar-filled kind and I've seen collectors pay big bucks for them, they stopped using that horn in the early 50s and went to the 811 and 511 radial horns.www.chicagohornspeakerclub.org
Tim---I'd rather listen to that VOT in mono than to 99% of the stereo hi-fis out there.
Thatch_Ear
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Well I know where 2 more are at. No idea on the cost though.
Hornphile
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Horns
Hi Thatch,
I remember, I saw those when we went over that day. They were way bigger than the one in the picture. I accidentally dropped my sunglasses into one and had a heck of a time getting them out. You need very small hands (monkey sized) and long arms (thin also) to get anything out of those horns. I have none of the above and eventually figured out that gravity could help me get them out. They were kind of wedged in there but a couple of (soft gentle) nocks did the job. They had flat driver mounting faces on them. I would like to know what type of horn that is. Is it Exponential Tractrix or Hyperbolic? I doubt that it is Tractrix. My guess is it is Exponential. I would love to compare them to round Tractrix horns to see how they differ in character.
Peace,
Hornphile
:wave:
Hi Thatch,
I remember, I saw those when we went over that day. They were way bigger than the one in the picture. I accidentally dropped my sunglasses into one and had a heck of a time getting them out. You need very small hands (monkey sized) and long arms (thin also) to get anything out of those horns. I have none of the above and eventually figured out that gravity could help me get them out. They were kind of wedged in there but a couple of (soft gentle) nocks did the job. They had flat driver mounting faces on them. I would like to know what type of horn that is. Is it Exponential Tractrix or Hyperbolic? I doubt that it is Tractrix. My guess is it is Exponential. I would love to compare them to round Tractrix horns to see how they differ in character.
Peace,
Hornphile
:wave:
Thatch_Ear
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Now that I look again it is smaller than that pair. Yea, you were pretty funny digging for your glasses. Your lucky Ramble didn't get ya when your head was that close to the ground!
Hornphile
Member
It was extremely tricky squatting down with the horn balanced on my one shoe and that Timbre wolf thinking that I want to play with him. I didn’t want to damage the horn but also not upset that BIG dog. Nice doggy, Nice doggy. I got the sun glasses out, did not scratch the horn on the concrete floor, kept my balance and kept the dog at bay all at the same time. Who said men cant do more than one thing at a time?
Peace to all men….and dogs also =0)
Hornphile
Peace to all men….and dogs also =0)
Hornphile
