Re: [Harp-L] Re:Meisterklasse

["Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,
Hohner needs to get the Old style Meisterklasse, back in the market place.
They even could offer wood combs, with the set up.
They have a very distinctive sound, and the Cover design on the first 
Meisterklasse is Wonderful!

Stay tuned!
Mark
Mark Lavoie
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802-236-5665
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PT Gazell" <ptgazell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re:Meisterklasse


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.


   See you all at SPAH,

PT Gazell
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www.ptgazell.com
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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
 steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 www.stevebaker.de
 www.bluesculture.com
 www.youtube.com/stevebakerbluesharp

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