[1953 Klipschorn JR]

1 hour ago, JRH said:

The logbook shows this one shipped to R. P. Watson of Texarkana on Nov. 3, 1953.  It also says "sold by PWK". 

 

The Junior was a compromise (cheaper) so that the buyer could delay the additional cost of upgrading to the "real thing".  Paul was never proud of these.  They are pretty rare!

 

Awesome, that was my grandfather, thank again for the information. The story I grew up hearing was that my grandfather was into recoding pipe organs on reel2reel. Mr. Klipsch had somehow heard about my grandfather, I think it was through John Eargle, and invited him to Hope and wanted him bring some of his recordings for speaker testing purposes. KHorn #729 was sold to my grandfather by John M. Eargle. 

[1953 Klipschorn JR]

 

Very cool, thanks for all the information. My grandfather had said it was a gift from Mr. Klipsch and at some point it was mated to '54 KHorn with a K5 Squawker, University 4401 Tweeter,   and a Stephens 103 LX2. with the  same K-500 /5000 crossover. S/N 729

[1953 Klipschorn JR]

New Member, I just inherited my grandfathers KHorns they ae completely original and unmolested as far as I can tell. I grew up listening to these amazing speakers and I'm looking forward to revitalizing them. My question is about the Style: JR I can't seem to find any information about them. 

 

Thanks in advance for any information,

 

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