Who invented the "Pro Taper"

[raravena]

As a budding cue maker, I am curious to know, Who invented the "Pro Taper",
for shafts of course? Was the "Pro Taper" always there or were shafts
originally conical by design and then someone came along and said, "look at
what I have come up with". Thanks.

 

[Chris]

As a budding cue maker, I am curious to know, Who invented the "Pro Taper",
for shafts of course? Was the "Pro Taper" always there or were shafts
originally conical by design and then someone came along and said, "look at
what I have come up with". Thanks.

From the Schuler website:

"Herman Rambow is credited with inventing the pro taper. But I visited Herman’s shop many times and knew him well, and I know that he never made a shaft that wasn’t tapered along its entire length. The taper was so minor in many cases, however, that you couldn’t feel it. Consequently, when cuemakers came along who wanted to imitate Herman’s cues, they mistakenly thought his shafts were cylindrical for some distance back from the tip. Hence the ‘modern’ pro taper.

 

[jazznpool]

God bless anyone who can pocket balls (especially on shots where there is good distance between cue ball and object ball ) with a true 12 inch "pro taper." Like one cuemaker told me: aim East, shoot West, and hope for the best!

Martin

As a budding cue maker, I am curious to know, Who invented the "Pro Taper",
for shafts of course? Was the "Pro Taper" always there or were shafts
originally conical by design and then someone came along and said, "look at
what I have come up with". Thanks.

 

[cueman]

I think Balabushka was one of the first to popularize it, but Bob Meucci was the one who introduced it to the masses with Viking and Mcdermott not far behind.