"Trumpets" for the angels!
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Topic: "Trumpets" for the angels!
Posted By: seruch
Subject: "Trumpets" for the angels!
Date Posted: 11/22/09 at 5:38pm
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Need multiple "trumpets" for Church pageant - only for looks, not playing
Straight plastic stadium horns - too cheaply built, wont last, can't decorate well. We currently use "heavier duty" stadium horns, with figuring, that look like a Tibetan "Rag Dung" - but we still only get a few years of use out of each horn before they start cracking. Here's a pic of the real version of what we have in plastic:  So we are looking for about a dozen of these, approx 36 - 45" long.
Wouldn't mind purchasing the real thing, but we don't have $1500 US in our budget for props like this.
Any thoughts?? Thanks,
Steve
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Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 11/30/09 at 11:21am
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see if there is someone in your area that does mold making- there are a lot of products out there to make a mold from one item and cast copies of the item in the mold.
Take a look at http://www.smooth-on.com/ - http://www.smooth-on.com/ for examples of products to use to make the mold, as well as the casting products to get the blanks that would then be finished.
Marsha ------------- www.actorsguildonline.org Actors Guild of Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 11/30/09 at 12:28pm
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We just made one for a fun bit in one of our shows... My wife sewed a banner for under it, but Pdavis69 built it out of PVC pipe.. I'm sure he would tell you how next time he is through here... ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |