Re: [Harp-L] 6 pointed star on 70's hohner

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

My understanding is that Hohner voluntarily got rid of the star when
they came to understand that it would be a political (and commercial)
liability, about 1937 or '38. They may have laid aside already-stamped
covers if it was felt that it was important to make an immediate change
and perhaps later someone came upon the old parts and decided to use
them. Hohner continued to make harmonicas during the war, so evidently
they had access to materials, but during the immediate postwar period
there were metal shortages and perhaps those old covers were pulled out
of storage and re-used during that period.

Winslow

--- Tom Baehr <tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> A couple of my older Hohners, including 2 260s and an Echo, had the  
> star when purchased in the 50s or thereabouts. Another version of  
> this story is that Hohner warehoused some parts during the initial
> no- 
> star period, and used them after the war. I don't know if this is  
> true; the metal content may have been more valuable than the actual  
> stampings. 


       
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