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Leviathan horn

Community Light & Sound · 1972

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The Community Leviathan is a fibreglass folded bass horn for two 15-inch drivers, built in nesting sections. Community's 1972 advertisement claims 136 dB output, 115 lb without drivers and a 30-inch nested length for transport.

Introduced: 1972
Category: Fibreglass bass horn
Intended use: Portable touring bass
Production: Community Light & Sound from 1972; later Leviathan II

Why it mattered

01
It offered theatre-horn bass efficiency in a box a small crew could carry.
02
It replaced repurposed cinema cabinets like the A7 in many 1970s touring rigs.
03
Kennedy's FOH survey dates Community's glass-fibre horns, including the Leviathan bass horn, to 1974 and credits them with demonstrating composite materials in long-throw stadium installations.

Engineering record

Horn tuning: 48 Hz flare for two 15-inch drivers, fibreglass[1]
Output and weight: 136 dB claimed, about 115 lb without drivers[2]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

Leviathan II installed for stadium reinforcement at the University of Colorado's Folsom Stadium[3]

Manuals & original documents

Community Leviathan advertisement (c.1979)Brochure · 1979

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