This is a typical section from the sides of the 13a horn, one of the 120 needed to make one 13a horn. The shape is like a propeller, end is rounded to follow horn profile and the two straight edges are not parallel (that would be too easy don’t you think!). These side sections are […]
Been busy working on 12a and 13a horns and travelling around the planet to set them up correctly putting aside other plans. It’s time to act….I have been harbouring for too long now the build of another very very special western electric horn (yes….very special indeed). Over the past years it’s been about research so […]
Some years ago I embarked on a road to replicate the “Adam and Eve” of cinema sound speakers. At that time many did raise their eyebrows saying build methods of the venerable WE12a and WE13a horns were hard and too expensive to master. Woodwork, castings, sourcing materials and getting wood from very same foresting areas […]
Sting on village square waiting to be taken away. Beautiful light today, 29ºc in May…nice! Happy owner will have it in a week so after 6000km journey. All fun….
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