Welcome to The Horn Doc! Here, our patients are actual locomotive horns -
any shape, size, condition, dead or alive. Ken Kanne, Chief Orthopedic Surgeon,
is skilled at all kinds of repairs and modifications to diesel air horns.
Services Offered
welding
patching
fabricating
remachining
rethreading
broken bolt removal
glass bead blasting
modifications
complete restorations
any and all other horn-related repairs!
Recent Projects
M2 Bell Patch - a lengthly, in-depth pictoral on how Ken repairs bells which are missing chunks
M3 Round-Base Conversion - this scallop-base M3 bell was converted to appear as a round-base bell, lettering and all
37 Bell Restoration - a Leslie 37 bell with all sorts of dings and divots is restored to new condition
P horn tab fabrication - a Nathan P bell was missing a mounting foot, and Ken builds one from scratch
M2 Head Repair - this M2 head siezed and broke while trying to remove the back cap - Ken repairs and then rethreads this head to like-new
A-200-233 Conversion - another great conversion, this time of an aluminum Tyfon A-200-156 to an A-200-233
1953 S-3L Restoration - this rare horn's primary problem was a severely warped and cracked manifold, with the 44 bell's mount completely broken off
E-mail is the easiest method of contacting The Horn Doc - just send a message
with your name, the kind of horn, work needed, a callback number, and time to call
to horndoc@airhornhospital.com. Ken will call or e-mail you back right away!
