Does anyone know how to make a conch trumpet? Which genera make the best trumpets?
Many thanks in advance, Patrick Hello Patrick, I have made conch trumpets from Strombus gigas, and S. pugilis. I read somewhere that S pugilis was used by fishermen to signal each other. It takes a little more effort to blow them, but they are really loud and shrill. I hate to use the word “unbelievable”, but I was really amazed the first time I sounded it. I also have several Cassis cornuta horns, and I made a nice conch horn from Pleuroploca gigantea for the COA convention last year. It is advised that you learn how to get a sound on the trumpet so that you can experiment with the sound of the conch as you go. I just apply the apex of the shell to a coarse grit grinding stone. At first, it seems that you will never reach the opening, but just keep going; it’s there somewhere, its got to be. After you have reached the cavity under the apex, go slower until you have made a flat spot on the spire about 3/4 inch across. Now you can start testing for sound. Don’t be alarmed that the openi
