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Welcome to Old Lowes

Howdy I'm Old Lowe come on in and look around.

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Here's some pics and videos of my hand spun brass resonator cones.
They are 6 inches across and need to have a 7 inch wide box minimum to fit in. We hand spin them on a lathe out of bras sheets right her in Texas.
They are a little sturdier than a normal cone so there is no need for a sound well or a cover plate.
If you do add a cover plate it would be for looks only but that's fine too!
Installation is pretty simple just cut a pretty good 6 inch hole in your box and lay the cone inside and fasten it with some bolts and nuts. You need to be kind of careful if you are making a fretted instrument to get the center of the cone exactly where the bridge needs to befor intonation unfretted instruments just go crazy do it however ya want Ha!

I sell these cones for 25 dollars and I take pay pal

If you are interested in one or two of these just add me as a friend on here and send me a message and I can tell ya everything you need to know!

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Made by Ottie Noble Stacked King B's with a Zebra wood neck and a Lowecone!

Made by Brian Romero "The Bairfoot Cajun
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22 1/2 inch scale Dulcimer Resonator
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Ottie Noble's got a nice couple of resos here

Randy S Bretzs resp dulcimer

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At 9:06pm on May 20, 2013, Braxton Nagle said…: Info on ordering your cones please.
Many thanks!

At 5:40am on March 29, 2013, B-dawg said…: Hello Old Lowe,

Please send me ordering information on those cool reso cones. Can't wait to get one ordered & start a build. Your builds are something for me to aim for.

Thx,

-b.

At 8:49pm on December 26, 2012, Kel Wilson said…: How deep does the box need to be to work best with your brass resonator cones.

At 4:26pm on October 30, 2012, Kenton Self said…: Hey, Old Lowe-

Yeah, I'd be interested in your group. Send details.

As far as the cones go, I'm already sold. How do I order?

At 10:12am on October 29, 2012, William H Bonney said…: Mike,

you're the King of Cone Heads!

ESQ

At 11:33am on February 6, 2012, darren brown said…

At 9:14am on January 11, 2012, Joaquin G. Silva said…: Hey Lowe! Man you build some cool shit! It's good to see you keepin' on, Brother. I'll drop you a line sometime and see about an order.

At 9:09pm on January 7, 2012, darren brown said…: thanks lowe for the comment on my fish box .

At 3:31pm on January 4, 2012, Brandon McEnturff said…: I was looking through some of your work and realized we were neighbors, I live in edgewood and my wife teaches at Jones elementary in Rockwall, just thought I would say hello!