Greetings Howard: It is very kind of you to send out this clarification on the West Point Horn. There is much that went into the first book that I had no chance to correct. I was sent a galley proof and quickly made many corrections to the text and photographs, most of which I took and printed in my dark room. I called George Frow only a day after receiving the proof to tell him I was sending off a list of corrections. At that point I was told the book had gone to press. I only received profits from the books I personally sold and never recouped my investment in the project. When the writing of the Companion was under way I had lost interest and did not wish to contribute even though I had completed my collection of all the Edison domestic cylinder machines. George's Companion is a remarkable and wonderful expansion work which in hindsight I wish I had sent him photographs of all the machines he did not have and more information to add to the text. One of the sad parts was that I wished to do a lot of research at the Edison archives but that door was closed when that crook Phil Peterson raided the archive of so many historic and valuable documents. I did have my suspicions that the West Point Horn was from a much later period but went with what was given in the first book until I could disprove it. Can you tell me where you found reference to the horn in a later document that shows its true usage? I would find that fascinating. I bought that horn from Bill Endlein! I still have it somewhere in storage. I am also very glad to NOT have paid $4,650 for it. I lost interest in phonographs for many years and only in the last couple of years have become a follower of eBay Edison sales. You are so correct about how people bid wildly without knowing much about on which they are bidding. When I see phonographic mutts like a Red Banner Home case on a later Model A advertised as all original though the serial number clearly shows it should be a black banner late A, I wince! Edison machines just seem to lend themselves to kitchen table conglomerations of parts. That is why it is always a good idea to ask the serial number and I wish more sellers would automatically include it in the description. Kindest Regards and may all your finds be rare ones, Al ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.