mbajner Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 wow, these look great http://cgi.ebay.com/Klipschorn-50th-Anniversary-Klipsch-KHorn-Very-Rare_W0QQitemZ5856036363QQcategoryZ61378QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 WOW!!!, and there only about 2.5 hrs. drive from my house....... Ooooooh, what to do, what to do????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I like how the grill cloth wraps around at the top. Not a big fan of the vertical black band though. I imagine it couldn't be removed. That it's inset or covering a gap/veneer seam. I'd like it better if the stripe was wood in a tone to match the lacewood? Would make it less 'deco-ish'. OK - I want them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Not having seen a set of these in person, I would still venture to say that the center vertical trim piece is for covering a veneer seam; especially because when using lacewood veneers and the like, the boards that the veneer is sawn from can only be so wide (a bigger issue now-a-days than in the past), AND due to the very nature of that type of veneer's aesthetics not being conducive to strip veneering, a visible center seam would detract from the overall aesthetic appearance. The earliest K-horns were built out-of-house in this style (among a very few other styles), until PWK settled onto the B-style cabinet design of his own patent. By that time, the cabinetry was being done at Klipsch, itself, instead of being farmed-out. A local cabinet-maker and a piano company were the primary builders of the earliest home versions of the K-horn for the first very few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny dB Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Oh yeah... those twins are going home with me! Dang, I was just in Missouri this weekend. I wonder if those tops swivel. Looks like they might since they're a bit smaller than the bass bins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Something about that strip down the middle and rounded small top does it for me. I like the deco look of this model. Interesting b/c I thought the 60th iskind of glammy with the diamond, special plaque and see-thru window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 They look like my Grandfathers old liquor cabinet ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 LOL! Yea, that's about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 They look like my Grandfathers old liquor cabinet ... That's what I'm talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Not having seen a set of these in person, I would still venture to say that the center vertical trim piece is for covering a veneer seam; especially because when using lacewood veneers and the like, the boards that the veneer is sawn from can only be so wide (a bigger issue now-a-days than in the past), AND due to the very nature of that type of veneer's aesthetics not being conducive to strip veneering, a visible center seam would detract from the overall aesthetic appearance. The earliest K-horns were built out-of-house in this style (among a very few other styles), until PWK settled onto the B-style cabinet design of his own patent. By that time, the cabinetry was being done at Klipsch, itself, instead of being farmed-out. A local cabinet-maker and a piano company were the primary builders of the earliest home versions of the K-horn for the first very few years. Long time! Good to see you stopping by. I hope all is well. Home at last? bclarke421 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Andy, your back!!!! Good to hear from ya. Are you home for good, or posting from location X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in ABQ Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Not my cup of tea those 50th series, but they do look well taken care of. Hiya Andy! You don't know me because All I did was lurk on the forums for quite a while, but I sure learned a huge amount of great information from your post. Good to see you back. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyC Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I wonder if he would consider a trade for my first born? [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltie dave Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I think he would give them to me for removing our three year old from his stereo store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 "Something about that strip down the middle and rounded small top does it for me." For a moment, I thought I was back to reading "The Prettiest Girl on the Planet" thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 It was just a few weeks ago that I saw a single Khorn on Ebay, an old one, that I think would have been among those Andy mentioned. I'm not saying I've acquired a taste for the 50th anniv. edition, it is just too retro radio for my tastes. But in that really old Khorn, the smaller HF on top was an element carried out in the 50th model. In my imagination, I think Mr. PWK would perfer the 60th to the 50th, in terms of pleasing cosmetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 My opinion is that PWK would have probably opted for a 60th anniversary series in highly-figured black walnut, maybe even book-matched burl, but would have likely left out the diamond (but maybe a gold plated PWK pie-slice logo casting, with onyx filling in the black parts, or maybe "Japanned" with gloss black enamel and gold plating, and mounted on the opposite upper corners of the top-housing grill-cloth panels for balance in the pairs?). Maybe even a front panel like this on the bass bin: four-strip waterfall black walnut veneer, with the PWK pie-slice logo done in Marquetry using ebony veneer, on the vertical centerline of the front panel with a solid ebony kick-plate(or cocobolo kickplate). That would be beautiful, but unobtrusive in its aesthetics, with infinitessimal class, to boot! With the h/f top housings' top panels veneered in center-line bookmatched black walnut burl? Of course, PWK would have this done in the B-Style cabinet, since it WAS his own patented design to begin with. Remember, PWK's FAVORITE furniture wood was American black walnut! That's how it is with traditional "gun-nuts"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Minimally, I think they should have rounded the side edges of the bass bin to echo the top bin & trims. Even a simple bull-nose to carry it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Andy, you have got very good taste, my friend. Great description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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