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Guest Blogger: PWK - Acoustic Cowboy

Amy Unger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:21:00 GMT

This PWK picture was likely taken in the 60's. If someone has a more precise time frame, let us know. There appears to be some serious horn building research going on -- perhaps a K400 in early design stages of development?

Thanks again to my guest blogger, Iain (seti)!

Guest Blogger: 1948 Klipschorn S/N 141

Amy Unger — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:03:00 GMT

Thanks go out again to my guest blogger, Iain.

To appreciate this speaker lets look at some Klipsch history:

1946: Klipsch and Associates was incorporated

Early 1947: The first production run of 12 units (S/N 2 - 13) were built to Paul's specifications by the Baldwin Piano & Organ Company of Cincinnati Ohio. The high frequency driver in these was the WE713A. At least one of the woofers was a JBL.

Late 1947 - Early 1948: Seven more (S/N 14-20) were built by hand in a local cabinet shop. Paul recalls that no more than two were alike. It was during these "experiments" that the LF horn's "sinus" cavities were added to the woofer's back air chamber to maximize acoustic capacitance. Component Designations: High frequency Western Electric 713A, Woofer unknown.

June 1st, 1948: The first Klipschorn to be built in the first actual Klipsch factory was S/N 121. The building was formerly the telephone exchange building for the Southwest Proving Grounds and is currently the Klipsch Museum of Audio History. Component Designations: The early production logs (1949) first make reference to the use of the Jensen P-15-LL woofer. The production log makes reference to a total of 26 Klipschorns built this year.

It looks like this was 20th Klipschorn made in the first Klipsch factory which is actually the Klipsch Museum of Audio History. This was also a special order.

Guest Blogger: Sante Fe, New Mexico Klipschorn

Amy Unger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Today's guest blogger is Iain, aka seti, a four and a half year Klipsch forum member from Arkansas with over 4800 informative, helpful, and occasionally whimsical posts.

This is a Klipschorn that I get asked about very often. I have tried to find more information regarding its history and current location but haven't learned anything new. According to Jim Hunter it was a custom Klipschorn enclosure built in Sante Fe, NM. The enclosure was not made by Klipsch, and was in the early days of the company when they were largely decorator. If you wanted them to look nice you hired someone to make them fit into your homes decor. If this is what their Klipschorn looked like just image what the rest of their home was like!

If anyone has additional information please pass it along. This photo is just a small portion of a large poster in the factory museum at Hope, AR.