RE: [Harp-L] Harmonica in the Mexican Revolution



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Thanks winslow.

The information is very valuable to my,as I read the article,all the data you cite are other interesting.

excuse my English, Thank you all for your help


Atte.
Victorio Montes Silva
"El Hacedor De Armónicas"
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> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:45:12 -0800
> From: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Harmonica in the Mexican Revolution
> To: silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> One good source of information is Hartmut Berghoff, a German writer who
> has done considerable research on Hohner. His German-language book is
> hard to come by, but there is a lengthy essay in English available
> here:
>
> http://es.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/2/2/338
>
> He states that Hohner had a marketing representative in Mexico City
> specifically by 1908, With Alfred Veerkamp as representative for both
> Mexico and South American - basically the Spanish-speaking countries of
> the new world, a very large territory. Berghoff states that Mexican
> sales were negligible before Veerkamp opened the Mexico City office in
> 1908.
>
> But did instruments filter down from the U.S. on the secondary market,
> independent of Hohner's distribution? Possibly, but only when
> sufficient quantities were available to move them beyond immediate
> markets. Hohner did not begin exportation to the U.S. until about 1868
> or '69, and manufacturing output was small until the introduction of
> semi-mechanized methods at the beginning of the 1880s. Until that time,
> Hohner had backlogged orders and buyers begging for product. Production
> in 1880 was still only about 87,000. However, by 1892 it had risen to
> 2.1 million (remember, though, this is for worldwide sale, not just
> North America). Between 1900 and 1913 production rose from 3.1 million
> to 11 million.
>
> This puts the Mexican Revolution of 1910-17 right in the middle of a
> major expansion of harmonica marketing in North America in general and
> Mexico in particular. Were armonicas de boca, purchased from the mule
> packs of travelling peddlers, to be found in the pockets of the troops
> of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata? It certainly seems possible.
>
> Winslow
>
> --- victorio montes silva  wrote:
>
>>
>> SILVA
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>> DE LA ARMÒNICA DIATÒNICA
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>>
>> Thanks David , any help is welcome.
>> Indeed Have you saw this movie,I will look, you mention is the
>> harmonica Hohner El Centenario.
>>
>> I am conducting an investigation to commemorate the meeting between
>> Pancho Villa and emiliano Zapata, which succeeded the December 4 of
>> 1914.
>>
>>
>> Atte.
>> Victorio Montes Silva
>> "El Hacedor De Armónicas"
>> 04455 1681-5162
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>>> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:13:09 -0800
>>> From: dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica in the Mexican Revolution
>>> To: silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> I'll think about that and see what I can remember. The only
>> reference I can think of is fictional, the movie ''Once Upon a Time
>> in the West,'' where Charles Bronson plays the harmonica throughout
>> the movie, which I believe is set during the mexican revolution. I'm
>> thinking Hohner made a harmonica especially for Mexico around that
>> time. It is possible that the French overlords introduced the
>> harmonica in the 1860s to Mexico City, if it hadn't already worked
>> its way down from the U.S. by then.
>>>
>>> I'll do some more thinking about this...
>>>
>>> Dave Payne Sr.
>>> Elk River Harmonicas
>>> www.elkriverharmonicas.com .
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