Re: old harps

[Howard Chandler <chandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

I realize now that what I'm most interested in is the lineage of the 
humble, workingman's Marine Band/Vamper diationic, it's anticedents and 
fledglings.  Much of the fuss in collecting seems to be targeted at the 
very old, rare and unusual.

Recent discussions of when certian models were discontinued or changed 
in some meaningful way have seemed to depend a great deal upon the 
memory of those contributing to the discussion.  And, as much as I would 
wish long lives to all in this regard, it would be great to have an 
authoritative reference to turn to as memories grow dim.

Thanks for the references.

Howard Chandler
 


Pat Missin wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:57:12 -0400, you wrote:
>Howard Chandler  wrote:
>  
>
>>Are there any harp collectors/historians/curators out there who have 
>>done type studies and published picture books of the various products of 
>>the Hohner factory througout the ages?
>>    
>>
>
>Any book that attempted to do this for the whole Hohner range would
>probably be similar in size to the Encyclopedia Britannica!
>
>FWIW, I have a list of harp history books on this page:
>
>http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q28.html
>
>The new book from Martin Haffner and Lars Lindenmuller is particularly
>interesting, although it doesn't just focus on Hohner.
>
> -- Pat.
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