On German harps

[Snaruhn@xxxxxxx]

Hi all,

my son Harpie is nowadays as old as he was 10 years ago and me seems that
this goes also for some list members who will never learn that harp-L was=20
installed
to discuss and to talk about harp matters (sidesteps included besides=20
political ones).

 I agree with some comments that it is only a question of time when the=20
list-owner
will stop this silly palaver on the issue whether Hohner`s former harps have=
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to=20
undergone a denazification, respectively, the actual instruments have to giv=
e=20
up
their "Made in Germany".

I for my part don=B4t care much where the parts are manufactured because I c=
an
do a lot myself. And concerning the reedplates customizers normally have to=20
order
from the factories, hmmmmh, neither Hohner nor any other firm (including=20
Farrel)=20
is perfect.
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BTW, I`ll try to find out in Trossingen why some early harps got the Star
of David on the cover plates (provided, the Star of David was really meant=20
and not
just a similar looking ornament). That the founder of the factory, Matthias=20
Hohner,
was Jewish isn=B4t likely though his first name might point to (comp. also A=
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1:23)=20
but the nazis surely had expropriated him.=20

Hi, Jens, da hast Du jetzt aber wirklich ein feines Instrument.=20
Your hint that the customizer had Greek ancestors and made the coverplates=20
of rosewood clearly points to Bill Romel. In case, you need any spare sparts=
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or
other "adjusting" help don=B4t hesitate to contact me.

Siegfried Naruhn=20

(born 1931 in Berlin)=20


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