brass horn repair

horn repair

Its not our normal request but when a customer brought us his single twist Rubes brass horn c. 1913 with so many cracks that it would no longer honk, we could not say no. We disassembled and cleaned all surfaces, removed the dents, soldered it back together and tested. With our screw driven air compressor pressure it honked rather loudly. We gave it a nice shine and sent it back out into the world.

We make to order. Please allow adequate time for us to build.

Build time estimates [Feb 2025]

Brass/Black Model Ts

Our longstanding foundry (supplier) closed and all production was shifted to a neighboring foundry. Apparently many of the closed foundry's workers were ineligible for rehire by the new foundry due to more aggressive immigration enforcement and the union has no employees to provide. As of 2-20-25, we should receive castings in March 2025 and can resume production then.

In the interim, we have been working with our one-off foundry to have pattern boxes made and these are trickling in in smaller batches and we will produce what we can.

Model As 5-6 weeks

Heater cores ~6 weeks

Model A and 32 Ford Street rods 6 weeks

Common street rods ~12-15 weeks

Tricky customs & complicated restorations ~16 weeks months

We appreciate your patience as we continue to recruit and train new fabricators and manage the labor shortfall our country has been experiencing.

brass horn repair

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