Trumpet horns

[Bill Stoneberg]

Hi Folks,

Been busy this holiday season playing with my Riv. As part of what I needed to do was to get my Trumpet horns working.

I took them apart and cleaned them up and put it back together.

My small one sounds great but my larger one sounds like a cow dying, not at all like a horn. It works but not real well yet. I know its hard to tell from my description but does anyone have hints or ideas on this horn ? I have read the information that is online at www.chip.com and tried all of his suggestions but still no luck. Pretty simple stuff inside the horn, I dont see how it could still be broken.

Thanks and I hope you all have been having a good holiday.

[Bill Stoneberg]

I figured it out and it was just a matter of switching a thinner gasket for the one I had in there. 1/32 " made a difference.

Now I have all four horns correct and working. It sounds awesome.

I am sure my neighbors loved my testing too...

[srr60]

Those trumpet horns really get someone's attention if they're sitting in front of you at a green light talking on their phone... Sounds like a train.

[toomuchvinyl]

Do they ever! I had a young lady drifting slowly into my lane (going the same direction on a 4-lane street) so I let loose with the horn. She threw the cell phone she was using into the back seat and jerked her car back into her own lane. At the stop light I looked over at her and she was even crying and looking at me like it was all my fault.

God, I wish I'd had these a long time ago.