Our Sawdust Sirens are old style acoustic amplifiers for your new phone's speaker. Simply put your phone in and have a listen.

This particular antique/vintage car horn is approximately 8” tall with a 6” bell and married to a fallen piece of Kentucky Coffeetree from Tyler Arboretum (the whole piece is about 11” tall x 6 wide x 8” deep). This type of horn would have been mounted on the side of a car or motorcycle and used to have a reed and rubber ball attached to it. The base is finished with Betty’s Board Butter (beeswax and mineral oil). You may wish to re-oil your base occasionally. If your phone has stereo options you may want to play around with mono and stereo settings to see which you prefer.

Car Talk was made specifically for Mallory Smyth who is a gardener at Tyler Arboretum. Thank you!