I have enjoyed reading the postings regarding the
Victor wood horns and I remember the conversation with
Mike several years ago about the small smooth horns.
If my memory is correct, the small smooth horns came
out several years after the larger spear tip horns.
(1910 comes to mind) By then, Victrolas sales were
going through the roof and horn machines were selling
in much smaller numbers. Since Victor manufactured
their own Victrola cabinets, there must have been a
tremendous quantity of scrap veneer. What better way
to use scrap veneer than to use it making horns? If
you look carefully at any small wood horn, it appears
to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. It's even more
apparent when looking at a refinished one. I have no
facts to backup this theory but all the small wood
horns that I have seen support the idea. I was not
aware that there were two sizes of smooth horns except
the large smooth horn commonly seen on School Models.
The small mahogany horn on my Vic IV is the same size
as the oak one on my Vic II. Happy collecting, Jerry Blais
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