OK, how do I build my own Hosaphone(tm)?
The inventor speaks below, in perhaps one of his longest sessions of speech without resorting to meditation: Not very resourceful, are we there, pal? If you can’t work it out from the inventor’s picture on the web site, take your mouthpiece to Tom at Ace Hardware (formerly know as Hardware Hank) in the Miracle Mile Mall in Rochester, Minnesota. Tell him I sent you and he’ll treat you right! Tom doesn’t do mail order. You must come there in person. Charter flights and buses can be made available. Find the bulk plastic tubing and try your mouthpiece in the end to get the right diameter. I think it’s 3/8″. Buy 8′ long if you want a Hosaphone(tm) in C, less if you want a D, Eb, etc. Hosaphone(tm). Then go over to the kitchen goods and try some funnels. Although the funnel in hosaphone.gif is plastic I think that tin more closely replicates the glorious sound of the beloved and revered Natural Trumpet. I haven’t tried the copper funnels carried in those upscale kitchen gadget stores (usuall
