Talk:Klaxophone

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Is it a horn or a Klaxon?

The Klaxon was a brand of alarm/horn that went AAAOOOGAH. I have been unable to find any video or audio or even pictures of Fillmore's original, but from what i saw of Albarn's, it was just a series of honks. Like what seals used to play in the cartoons. Shouldn't it be a series of AAAOOOGAHs to be really called a Klaxophone, seeing as "The Klaxophone is an instrument that makes use of the klaxon's unique sound." 24.145.60.38 (talk) 09:33, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does it exist at all?

According to the program notes cited by the first footnote, the Oregon Symphonic Band substituted French horns for the "klaxophone" when it performed Fillmore's march. None of the references mentions an existing "klaxophone". I submit that the "klaxophone" was not a musical instrument at all, but merely an array of electrical horns, assembled for a single purpose, and never produced commercially or played regularly. Unless there is evidence that more than one "klaxophone" ever existed, that somebody regularly plays it, that anybody ever played it other than in the band that premiered Fillmore's march, that more than one piece of music has called for it, etc., I submit that it is nothing but a novelty, and does not merit an article on Wikipedia. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 20:41, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jdcrutch: I know this is almost a 7 year old thread but I've been able to independently verify the existence of something called a

Klaxoph made of car horns. It appeared to have prominent usage in a comic opera called "Monkey: Journey to the West" in sources that predate the article. I was also able to find an article from 2010 called "New Horizons concert is today" in the Press-Citizen Iowa City. The article mentions that "The performance opens with "The Klaxon March" by James Henry Fillmore Jr. (1881-1956). A prolific composer, Fillmore wrote more than 250 tunes and arranged 750 orchestrations. Composed in 1929, "The Klaxon March" (subtitled "March of the Automobiles") was written for the 1930 Cincinnati Automobile Show. Fillmore invented a new instrument for the occasion called a Klaxophone, which consisted of 12 automobile horns mounted on a table and powered by an automobile battery." Perhaps the guy took inspiration from our Wikipedia article but I doubt he made up the story that the Klaxophone was used in the Iowa City performance. It looks like it's an instrument that's been used in multiple instances by different people at the very least. e. Chess (talk) (please use {{reply to|Chess}} on reply) 18:18, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]