Atwater Kent Model M

The Atwater Kent iHORN is made from an Atwater Kent radio horn, Model M, which was made in 1925.  It is full metal construction with a beautiful brown finish.  Atwater Kent made radios and speakers from 1922 to 1936.  In 1895 Arthur Atwater Kent founded the Kent Electric Manufacturing Co. in the back room of his father’s machine shop, selling small electric motors. Arthur invented the “Unisparker,” an improved ignition system which gave a single hot spark at once and was used in all automobiles until the electronic ignition took over.  In 1919 Atwater Kent had already 25 U.S. patents, eventually holding 93 patents.  In 1921 he started to engage in radios.   Atwater Kent became the leading radio manufacturer. The production figures are impressive: from 1923 to 1927 not less than 1,317,766 sets have been produced.  In 1936, fed up, Kent closed down the factor.  In 1937, Kent helped to organize and pay for the restoration of the Betsy Ross House in Center City Philadelphia. In 1938, Kent