Klipsch Shorthorn
The Shorthorn is one of the more elusive Klipsch models. No consolidated spec sheet survives in the Archive's research files, and the exact production years aren't pinned down. The period press does say it was a corner horn speaker system sold both as a finished piece and as an assembly kit. That puts it alongside the company's other DIY-friendly offerings of the 1950s.
High Fidelity (December 1954, p.130) ran an advertisement promoting the Shorthorn as a corner horn speaker system available in kit form. By early 1955, the same publication was still carrying Shorthorn advertising (March 1955, p.124), suggesting an active sales push in that window. A brief item in Audiocraft (January 1957, p.7) noted that the Shorthorn Model "T" could be equipped with casters for moving it from place to place, and that further information was available from the manufacturer — a sign that the model was still in circulation at that point. A 1963 listing in HiFI-Stereo (p.107) mentioned the Shorthorn in passing, noting that the Cornwall shared its mid-range and tweeter horns, and that the Shorthorn was also available with a horizontal base for use as a lowboy, finished on all four sides, priced from $408 for fine furniture grade down to $311 for the "Decorator's Model" in fir.
Known details, such as they are:
- Corner horn loudspeaker system
- Sold as an assembly kit and as a finished speaker
- Model "T" variant could be fitted with casters
- Optional horizontal base for lowboy use; finished on all four sides
- Late-production pricing: $311 (fir "Decorator's Model") to $408 (fine furniture grade)
Beyond those fragments, the record goes quiet. No authoritative specs on drivers, crossover points, or enclosure dimensions have surfaced in the Archive's research. If you own a Shorthorn and have documentation, the Archive would welcome the details.
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