Prague Marine Bands

[Winslow Yerxa <76450.3230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting to see Janet Lieberman's report on harp rpices in
Prague. Sounds like Hohner may be pricing to capture market share
in a depressed economy. However, you don't have to go to Prague
to get $15 Marine Bands. You can get them even cheaper by mail
from Kevin's Harps in New Jersey or F&R Farrell in Ohio.

I'm curious, though. What *kind* of Marine Bands were they? In
Western Europe, all the Marine Bands are the new modular 1897
model, produced by the new automation process, as opposed to the
traditional handmade 1896 model, vastly preferred by everyone,
and still produced for the US market. Could Hohner be dumping
"old" 1896 stock in the east? This would be typical Hohner
stupidity.

Whay would much cooler would be if these were *older* 1896 models
- paper boxes perhaps, or a star of david on the medallion at the
center of the bottom cover. This last means pre-war harp, and
extremely valuable. Check it out, Janet. This *is* a possibility.

Winslow Yerxa
Harmonica Information Press