ssbn642 Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 I have a pair of 1974 rosewood Khorns. I think they're a salesman demo pair. Did Klipsch make a lot of rosewood khorns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Hi, A post by HDBR Builder earlier this month explained the exotic woods pretty well. BTW - Do you have any pictures of your KHorns that you could post. - I'd like to see them! ****************************************************************** in 7 years, I saw maybe 5 pairs in Teak, 15 in ebony...6 or 7 in zebrawood...cherry was not very common(although it has had a recent run in popularity...for now at least...but for some reason the trend in it at this time is to have lots of sapmarks or "sugar-lines" showing...something no self-respecting classic furnituremaker ever wanted in his final result!!)...the vast majority of speakers with exotic veneers were of rosewood...a couple of hundred pairs or so while I was there...BTW...cherry isn't an exotic...it is a native. We have lots of native "black cherry" on our land. Pearwood is a pretty thing...but exceedingly rare in furniture applications, I am sad to say! I also like Sassafras wood, black locust(very hard!!!), pecan, and even hickory veneers! We did up a pair or two k-horns out of pecan while I was there...quite beautiful!! Now that a bit of recently cut blight resistant native American chestnut is slowly becoming available, I would love to see some out of it!! NO...the blight didn't get em all...and a couple of decades ago it was "discovered" that there were a few stands of them around that had naturally been blight resistant...and the AFA(American Forestry Assoc.) began offering up nuts from these for planting...YES....one of the most beautiful woods to ever grace the forests of North America is on the way back!!!!!! Thank God!! Rosewood is probably the most popular of the exotics because it can be beautiful and still go with a variety of room decor...without ever being overly "loud" like zebrawood is. Ebony tends to be so damned dark leaning towards black, that one may as well just get black speakers!! LOL! BTW...the favorite wood for k-horns among the employees was always rosewood!! We hated working with it...those splinters really hurt!!...but we all loved the results!! **************************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2BHome Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 My understanding and I've seen 2 pair which were is that Dealer and/or Salesman speakers were stamped on the Serial Number label "Not For Resale" in Red. Are yours so stamped? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triode Pete Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I also have a pair of 1974 Rosewood K-horns! Year "M" with consecutive serial numbers. They're KB-RO, oiled Rosewood, fairly dark with perfectly matched wood grain. I had a friend who picked up the last pair of Rosewood (Brazilian) K-horns ever made (KB-RL; I believe 1989); laquered, the wood grain was bookmatched and looked like owls! There is a picture of a similar Rosewood K-horn next to Paul Klipsch & a bunch of test gear in one of the Vacuum Tube Valley magazines, featuring Paul Klipsch. Enjoy your K-horns. Anyone out there have a Rosewood Belle they'd like to get rid of? I need a center channel! Happy Holidays, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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