20' -24" Straight Line Measured, Polished Eland Horn Shofar New.amazing Sound!

This is my first shofar so take what I say with a grain of salt. With that said here is my review.-Dimensions-Overall length is @ 22" longBell is about 2 3/4" wideMouth piece is 5/8"So far the shofar (pun intended) produces one note and possibly two. I used to play the trombone in middle school but its really hard to get another note. Its nicely polished on the outside however after opening up the package I was met with a horrible smell. Honestly it smelled like bad goat arse. It was the worst smell I have experienced in a long time. The smell was so bad we could not leave the shofar in the house (we put it in the garage). So with that said I immediately looked online for a way to get rid of the smell.The smell is probably the one thing people have problems with so I tried the following...1. Vinegar method: Pour vinegar into the shofar. Close up both ends, shake the shofar for about 5 minutes. Pour out liquid, rinse and allow to dry naturally. Do this 2X.RESULT: Did this 2X and it did not help.2. Hydrogen peroxide method: Plug the shofar mouthpiece, fill it halfway with hydrogen peroxide. Close up both ends, shake the shofar for about 5 minutes. Pour out liquid, rinse and allow to dry naturally. Do this 2X.RESULT: it worked a little bit but not enough - still had to store it in the garage; after blowing it a few times the smell still made you ill.3. Odor neutralizer spray: PureAyre - filled up the shofar with 70% PureAyre and 30% warm water. Close up both ends, shake the shofar for about 5 minutes. Pour out liquid, rinse and allow to dry naturally. Do this 2X.RESULT: Took a little of the smell away but still bad4. Baking soda method: Dissolved about 4 heaping spoonfuls of baking soda in warm water and pour into shofar. Close up both ends, shake the shofar for about 5 minutes. Pour out liquid, rinse and allow to dry naturally. Do this 2X.RESULT: This is the one treatment that actually worked for us - the smell is almost totally gone and we can now keep the shofar in the house.With that said, if I was going to buy another shofar (and I probably will) I would get with the seller and have them test it over the phone so I could see if it sounded good, produced a few+ notes, etc. Food for thought.Since we can only get about 1.5 notes out of the shofar we won't be able to use it for the trumpet blasts on Rosh Hashana (feast of trumpets).

The horn is cracked and does not sound good because of the crack. This was our 8th shofar, first Eland.

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Excellent shofar! It is great, very pleased!

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