JGP

Actually, they may be a variation of the Vitavox K-Horn. I owned CN-191's, the Vitavox Klipschorn; they were different looking for sure, but the similarity is in the Canadian built versions that came out of Kitchener Waterloo area. They looked a bit more "crude" in my opinion then the original CN-191 & those side "wave-forms" near identical. I figure the original drivers were remove as these shown here have Wharfedale bass drivers in them and, what seems to be, a public address horn atop. The other one, not shown in the picture, has some bastardized wooden horn type enclosure built atop with a small single mid driver and tweeter horn suspended in the cavity. I reached out to the seller as I would buy them for the cabinets alone and change over the drivers. It's hard to find matching cabinets from the mono era. Anyhow - way overpriced. JGP

I've reached back out to the gentleman - seeing if I can get him to write the story down again. He threw a few names out, a small group of guys that met Paul researching at the laboratory; it is interesting none the less. Pictures on the way today.

I purchased a corner-horn that was built in mono configuration by a 90 year old gentleman. He had finished this beauty in teak and had installed a Western Electric Horn with Vitavox GP1 driver as well as a Vitavox K15/40 bass driver. It is just splendid in condition. Here's the neat thing. The gentleman shared his story of building this back in the early 50's and the fact that it was built from the original blueprints. He then proceeded to show me the two full-sized blueprint pages with all measurements and assembly details. They are on blueprint paper, a copy of the original it would seem dated the early 50's. I asked him where he came by these and he explained a close group of friend that worked back then out of Western Electric (may have been Northern - have to re-jog my brain here) that met Paul Klipsch at the laboratory there. He went on to explain some of the testing that his friends were involved in and how they had a chance to listen to the Klipschorn. From there, a copy of blueprints were shared - and a few in the group went ahead and built from the plans. We could not remember if his friends were associates of Paul, but they certainly crossed paths working out of the facilities. Anyone come across these - or am I holding a real treasure here? I've never seen anything that looked like originals before on actual blueprint type paper. I find this whole thing fascinating. I'd love to make a mate for this beauty. I've owned a Vitavox CN191 before, I stumbled on it - kinda like this one... Regardless, being a fan of Klipsch - owning Cornwalls, LaScalas, and Heresies - they are a bit of a treasure to me. Here are a couple pics...I've another blueprint of assembly as well. I'll post a picture later!