This 1926 Cathedral Cone Speaker is fairly rare.
The Cathedral measures 17 inches in diameter.
The cone and window shades were made by noted 1920s cone speaker restorer, Buford Chidester. Thank you, Buford. Check out our YouTube video on cone speakers!
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The Arkay was the only speaker horn Riley-Klotz ever manufactured. It was available in black enamel and polished Nickel finishes.
There's not much information about the Riley-Klotz Manufacturing Company available. This is the only advertisement found from the company.
This beautifully designed drum speaker performs very well for its era.
The model 415 is one of the more sought after 1920s speakers to this day.
A Unique modern design made this speaker a stand-out from the end of the 1920s to the early 1930s.
This beautiful drum speaker was designed and built by the Air Chrome Company that was located in Irvington, New Jersey.
A fairly rare cone speaker, the oval measures 16 inches tall.
See our video on Cone Speakers from the Roaring Twenties - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9b8ggMvfo
The Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana came out with this wooden speaker in 1926. The speaker, made of yellow spruce, produced a fuller and less tinny sound than standard speaker horns of its day.
This photo shows the construction of the speaker.
The wooden speaker was a natural sideline for Starr Piano Company. In addition to pianos, the company also manufactured Victrola's and produced 78rpm records on its own recording label, Gennett.
In 1924, Radio Lamp Company in New York City came out with this unique combination of lamp and radio speaker,
No other speaker looked quite like this one. The brass bell, nickel plated trim ring and high gloss wooden base made this low profile speaker horn stand out from others of its time.
$28.50 doesn't sound like much today, but in 1923 it was a lot of money.
Introduced by Magnavox in 1924, the M4 speaker horn was a mini-version of Magnavox's larger horns. The bell was just eleven inches in diameter.
The M4 came with a Weston adapter, converting its standard two pin connectors to an audio jack plug. More and more radios were dropping the pin connectors.
Not much is known about Jodra Manufacturing Company. This cone speaker is the only product it is known to have produced.
One of the rarest enclosed cone speakers from the 1920s. Seldom seen in any condition and almost never in this close to mint condition.
There's simply no other speaker like the Wards Airline Operadio.
The sound produced by this speaker is the best I've ever heard from a cone speaker.
This cone speaker was the last cone speaker restored by the foremost expert on cone speakers, Buford Chidester. The American-Bosch Model 603 is among the rarest cone speakers from the 1920s.
The unique artwork on this speaker really sets it apart from other cone speakers, and the sound from this speaker is amazing.
Buford Chidester died on October 28th, 1924, just three weeks after finishing his restoration of this speaker. Buford told me he knew of only one other surviving model 603 speaker.