An odd question for my readers

[unixronin]

An odd question in this day and age anyway, perhaps.

I have -- or had -- a horn... no, not on my head or on my car, I'm talking about one of those things that sticks out the side of a steer's head.  B-flat trombone mouthpiece in it, blow the horn to signal ... well, lately most often to signal "Supper's ready", actually.

Anyway, Wednesday night, I broke it.  A deep chip out of the edge that I could have dealt with by just trimming it back, except that I also cracked it down one side for slightly more than half its length.  It needs replacement.

The question, probably largely directed at any of my SCAdian readers, is this:  How in blazes am I going to find a replacement?

(It doesn't necessarily have to be a cow's horn.  A ram's horn, for instance, would probably work just as well, possibly better.  And no, I don't remember where I got the first one.  I think I've had it about fifteen years.)

Comments

[motomuffin.livejournal.com]

Birka. You can get the horn, but you'll have ot transfer the mouthpiece.

http://www.birka.org/

:)

[mazianni.livejournal.com]

Bir...oh...uh...nevermind.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I was going to take it to EastKingdom Univeristy at MIT tomorrow in hopes of getting it repaired (cut it down and put a band of brass around the end to keep the crack from cracking apart) or replaced before late January.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'm really not sure how feasible repairing it is. Banding the end would probably cost more than just replacing it.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for. Thanks. :)


Vikings, hmmm.......?

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Can't help you with a replacement (wrong continent, and it would never get through Customs), but thought I'd let you know that an acquaintance of mine wrote a piece of music for the ram's horn, called "Shofar, sho good."

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[bfudlmint.livejournal.com]

Search judaica sites for a Shofar

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup, I considered a shofar as an alternative. I'd prefer to go with something more European/Norse style, but it's an option.

[amethest.livejournal.com]

Tandy's Leather sells horn. Whole ones or partial ones.

http://www.tandyleather.com/products.asp?number=92076-00

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's a useful tip too. Tandy never occurred to me.