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Taff the Horn

Some of you will no doubt have heard that Taff has had a stroke which has left him partially disabled. There is someone else in charge of his website who has no intention of doing repairs or restorations. I'll be listing some of his unrestored horns through the for sale page.

Ron

email (option): ronpier@talk21.com

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Oh dear, that's sad news Ron :-(

email (option): horror@blueyonder.co.uk

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On the few times that I have spoken to him I always found him helpful. I know some people found him grumpy.

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Eccentric to say the least. But the stroke has also taken a toll on his mental state. Ron

email (option): ronpier@talk21.com

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only contact I had was earlier this year when I bought some gaskets online and got a friendly and helpful hand written letter with them.

you don't get that from everyone...

I wish him well.

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I spoke to Taff on the phone a couple of times, he was very helpful and sorted a problem for me, he wasn't grumpy at all, maybe his illness made him so later. Very sorry to hear he's not well and wish him a full recovery.

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Agree with Tony, i have used his services for years, buying parts and full restorations of early horns. He certainly knew his horns and i never had a problem with him or his work, pity no one is taking over his restoration work. I also wish him a fill recovery.

Tim W

email (option): t.j.walker@btinternet.com

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From what I gather, there is not enough money in it to make it other than a hobby business. Apart from having the expertise in the first place. By the time you buy a dud horn, strip-blast-paint-chrome and supply whatever internal parts and new fasteners and then try and sell it for £200 , you'd be earning just a few quid an hour.

Most of the building tradesmen that I know are on about £200 a day and knock off at 4pm.:thinking_face: Ron

email (option): ronpier@talk21.com

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He lives in the next village to me and I do know of him but never dealt with or spoken to him, I do sound my horn when ever I pass his house. More skill and experience lost, I hope he recovers.

Colin

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Like the others, I've had great and friendly service from Taff over the years and I hope he enjoys the time he has left rather than answering the phone to twits like me! I first contacted him many years ago when, working in the theatre, I found a very early bulb horn trumpet which had been used as the muzzle of a prop blunderbuss which was being thrown away. Taff's knowledge extended to early non electric horns so I sent it to him to rescue (just to save it, not for my use!) He always remembered and commented on it. Cheers Taff,
REgards, Mark

email (option): trials59@yahoo(DOT)co(DOT)uk

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It appears the website address of taff the horn has been sold to some other entity trying to get more hits based on the popularity of the address.
This appears to indicate that Taff has finally given up wrt horns.
A great pity as the information on it was useful.
Did anybody safe the info?

Cheers,

Rob

email (option): wd16h@telfort.nl

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Wayback Machine can help.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210728105330/http://taffthehorns.com/CHECK-HOOTERS-CLAXONS-TOETERS-HORNS-HUPEN-WORK-NOW-IN-PROGRESS

His website illustrations were not the highest resolution. I did save these years ago. Maybe someone can do better now ?

ALTETTES-Period

ALTETTECLEARHOOTERS-CONNECT-DATA

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Hi Ron so sorry to hear of Taff's problems and hope that he will improve. Taff used to have a page, I believe, that showed the different models of horn and the years they were produced. Do you by any chance know if this page still exists and if I could access it? Thank you in advance for helping.

John Spalding

email (option): clairespalding@aol.com

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