Re: [Harp-L] Re:Meisterklasse

["PT Gazell" <ptgazell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

    Steve is correct about the date. 1985. I was working for Mel McDaniel at the time and we did a show in Richmond Va. Hohner had by then relocated to that area from Long Island. Sissy Jones, Jack Kevorkian? and Billy Greenhalgh all came out to the show and brought me one of the prototypes which I still have. The reedplates were held together with larger screws and nuts than the final production model. While I am sure that many players besides myself expressed the need for a harmonica that we could dis-assemble, Hohner responded with what I think was one of there absolute best models ever...the Meisterklass. If I can remember, I will try to bring it with me to St. Louis if anyone wants to look at it.


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Baker 
  To: Harp-L 
  Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 6:26 AM
  Subject: [Harp-L] Re:Meisterklasse


  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

  Steve Baker
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