Nate3200 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 HOPE ARK Mean anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 HOPE ARK Mean anything? yes it does. Hope is the city in Arkansas where they are made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3200 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Not too exciting I guess. Thanks for the info and quick response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I can't make out all the text. Is is a serial number with a bottom line of Hope, ARK? Anyone who could post the text that would be helpful. I think this is very cool. It's not quite the dead sea scrolls, but it's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3200 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 I found this inside the bass compartment of a Klipch cab maunfactured in 1954. I don't believe it had ever been opened before; the air tasted like fresh cut plywood. It reads 590 2 22 FEB 54 HOPE ARK TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Cool. And it's 54 years old. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedcrankcammer Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I think it is pretty clear that 2 22 FEB 54 means Febuary 22 1954 The 590 matces the 590 serial number on the sheet right next to it, Hope Arkinsas is where Klipsch speakers were founded and still being built today, and I would bet TC might have been the initials of an employee at that time, Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Very cool. It may be that the hand written reference info was then transferred the serial number stamp on the outside of the cab. I wonder if the "2" refers to the time of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Actually those are tomorrow's winning lottery numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 .....You cracked it JB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 That is VERY cool! [H] TC is probably the cabinet builder, in later years they embossed their initials on either the rear edges of the side panels near the top (CW and H), or UNDERNEATH the crossover network on the top of the base plate of the top hat cabinetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtnfoley Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I wonder if, 54 years ago, Mr. TC had any idea that his speaker would be alive and well a generation and a half later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderbender Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Actually it's where Jimmy Hoffa is burried....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloceleste Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Quote . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 590 2 22 FEB 54 HOPE ARK TC I saw that in a wheatfield once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3200 Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Even more mysterious is the face of Jesus that appears in the wood grain. Where's my camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Islander Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 That long-haired, pale-skinned, Jesus? He looks like a 16th-century Italian because that's when and where the painting was made. The real Jesus was a first-century Jew, with short hair, and looked like most of his countrymen, since the Pharisees needed Judas to pick him out from the crowd. Here's a best estimate of how He actually looked: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderbender Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 The Emperor is in my Klipshhorns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Even more mysterious is the face of Jesus that appears in the wood grain. Where's my camera... Well, now I'm thinking those numbers refer to a Bible passage. I'm sure some of our resident scholars will chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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