A "Tooter" with a Twist

[bigsmoke]

Just finished this blowing horn a few days ago and thought I would throw it out FWIW.

The twist is, it is a screw tip.  Kinda cute.  Man, does it ever bellow!!  Wow.





I plan on using it to call the 2nd Annual West Coast Horn Fair to order the end of April.

It'll be held in Morro Bay, CA.  Let me know if you would be interested in getting info on it.

John

[Horner75]

Yep!  John gave a blast on this tooter the other day and I was able to hear it here in Nebraska! ... Course we were talking on the phone at the time!

Looks good Beep  Beep!

Rick

[Tim Crosby]

 Well done John, good looking horn. Gets kind of scary (and very fragile) when it gets close enough to see the threads doesn’t it? You may want to make a small band, ring or sleeve to put over it for strength, almost a reverse collar.

 
  Tim C.

[Brian]

Very cool horn.  Man, I bet you were holding your breath when you were cutting those threads.  Nicely done.

[RoaringBull]

Awesome John, really awesome!

[bigsmoke]

Man, I bet you were holding your breath when you were cutting those threads. 

No, not so much.  There was still a fair amount of horn material in that area when the threads were cut.  Actually, the drilling and  tapping were the first things I did.  Then using the tap as a mandrel, I did the rest of the turning.  It did get a little nervous making the final few clean up cuts.

[axelp]

An historical question.

When I was a kid in the 70s, and had hounds, I purchased a horn from a coon hunting mag to train/call my dogs... It did not have any kind of add-on for a mouthpiece. It was plain and just had a small concave dished out area where the hole drilled into the body of the horn (no bigger than the tip of the horn). You had to blow the horn by placing it on the side of your mouth where the lips are thin. A little tricky, but My grandpa who grew up around hounds in Indiana (born in 1901) He showed me how to blow that horn. I used it every morning before feeding my hounds.

My question is: was it more common to have just a regular horn for calling? or was it more common to have an applied tip to allow for it to blow like a trumpet-- front on?

Just curious.

K

[bigsmoke]

Hi Ken,
My guess would be that simple won out over fancy, hands down.
However, the horn with the lathe turned mouthpiece sure is a lot easier to blow than the other.  About half again as much volume, too.
John

[axelp]

I just wondered at the historicity of an applied tip blow horn, I am sure it sounds 100 times better than my plain old horn did... 

My dogs would hear that horn and start bawling and baying... they knew that grub was on its way.... 6am every morning. Woke up the whole countryside I am sure.... I never got them to break a chase to the sound of my horn though...They were stubborn dull-witted girls and did what they were made to do.. follow a trail and chase critters...

I miss them.

K