[Harp-L] Re:Meisterklasse

[Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Broecker wrote:

Steve Baker:

The Meisterklasse Richter 10-hole diatonic and the Meisterklasse slide
chromatic are both shown in the 1983 Hohner USA catalog, (Ashland  
Virginia).They
are displayed in a full-page picture on the front cover of the 1983  
catalog,
"Hohner Harmonicas,Melodicas,Accordions."

This may be the case, but I don't believe they were actually released  
then. I was sent test models in around 1983 but the development took  
some time and I reviewed the newly released MK580 (released in Europe  
at any rate) at the beginning of 1985, which is why I named that  
date. I don't believe they can have been released much earlier than  
late 1984. They were made entirely in Trossingen so Hohner USA is  
unlikely to have had them earlier. As you will be aware, Hohner has  
been known to announce new models before they've actually been  
available,

Steve

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