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Here's a hard-to-find 1922 King Amp-Li-Tone horn loudspeaker. Unlike most horn speakers, which utilized a single permanent driver (typically mounted to the underside of the base), the Am-Pli-Tone was designed work with a pair of headphone drivers. The Am-Pli-Tone was made entirely of metal (except for the earpiece gaskets) and could be used with almost any pair of headphones you happened to have lying around. You simply placed the headphone earpieces over the rubber gaskets protruding from either side of the base, and your driver-less Am-Pli-Tone was converted into a dual driver horn speaker.
This Am-Pli-Tone is original throughout (including the rubber earpiece gaskets) and it's condition is very good. No dings or dents in the horn, no damage anywhere. Original paint inside the throat and on the underside of the base. The speaker works well, particularly when coupled with a pair of sensitive headphones.
Shipping weight approximately 8 lb.
I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of antique radios, and I specialize in radios and radio-related items from the 1920's. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an item from me, you can rest assured that it will arrive safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a radio from a radiator), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.