WWII 800 found in the wild

[GM]

O.G. I had no Idea that there are no drawings of this cabinet floating around. I will get a set done and post them here. The wings were not with it though so that will still be a guessing game unless someone can scale them from the old pictures. What I really wish I had was a trashed 808 I could sacrifice.

Hmm, I thought I posted them quite awhile back. Oh well, kind of academic as the info is on an HD I can't access [at least for now]. I've a rear 3/4 view that you can probably eyeball close enough with the specs on the brochure. Is the tri-***** email addy still good?

GM

[Altec Best]

Altec Best, the original version of the H-808 was indeed tar filled. It was the standard horn of the Lansing Iconic, introduced in 1937. I'm not sure when Altec added the "H" to the designation, but it was the same horn with identical dimensions. It used a three stud mount (same dimensions as later small format JBL) to the Lansing 801 driver. With the change to the permanent magnet 802 driver in 1945 and two piece cast horns there were some rare overlap models. I have seen a three stud, RWB label 802 driver as well as a couple of large flange, two hole tar filled H-808 horns. The urethane horn was actually two identical four cell castings ground flat and glued together, as was the aluminum version evidently cast in the same molds. I think the procession of two piece H-808s goes like this: glued urethane, glued aluminum, bolted aluminum.

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...lletins/4c.jpg

Wasn't 100% but didn't think they had a TF 808.I remember the 3 808's urethane/composite,Aluminum cast, 2 piece aluminum.

You know Steve I was thinking of this Iconic that had a 1508 Horn.So I didn't think the 808 was TF.I was confusing the two.But looking at the photos again this Iconic was the Field Coil versions (Early)

Thanks Steve !!!

[Old Guy]

Interesting...sorta thought there was a one piece aluminum casting, probably what I saw was a glued one and didn't look close enough. Would have had no reason to. Likely mistook lack of bolt flanges for a one piece.

[martyh45]

Is the tri-***** email addy still good?

GM

Hi GM, It is if you have marty@_______________

Best, That 15 cell small format horn is the coolest thing I have ever seen. I bet the cells would be the same as the 808. Once we have a drawing of a typical 808 cell it should be a simple matter of stacking them up and calculating the new length for the first section.

[Altec Best]

Hi GM, It is if you have marty@_______________

Best, That 15 cell small format horn is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

It is ! I would love to own something like that, especially any of those old field coil Lansings, and the 15 cell 800 Hz horn.

[Steve Schell]

I nearly flew out of my chair when that picture of the Iconic with H-1508 appeared here in a prior thread. I own a pair of 1508s, built with captive threaded throats for the large format Lansing drivers like 284 and 285. This one in the picture is the only other one I have seen and it was built to use the small format 801 driver. The 1943 Altec Lansing catalog lists several other 800Hz. horn models, none of which I have seen in the wild except for the 808 and 1508.

http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...943/page08.jpg

[Altec Best]

Yup if you look at the weight as well from the 1508,1504,1503 from the link you posted, the weight nearly doubles each time you go lower in cutoff frequency.You also get a much longer/bigger horn too.

[magnarc]

One could retire, to the Bahamas, on a pair of those Iconic/H1508.......

[kinomat]

Steve is correct. In one of my travels I worked with a tar filled version, it looked like a smaller brother of the early tar filled 805 horn.there was also a 15 cell version. I have picts. of a cast aluminium type which matches Steve's description. A later type was made of a composite material, probably better due to it's inert characteristics. I cannot find the pictures of the composite type.

[kinomat]

I have 4 more pictures to share and will send in another thread.