Re: [Harp-L] re: Seydel design ripped off!

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Bulldog has no time for levity, Mr. Payne; And you call yourself a Harp-l-er!


>>> David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2/06/2008 10:54 >>>
Wow, Bulldog. That's a lot of effort spent replying to a tongue-in-cheek sentence.

Dave
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Dave Payne Sr. 
Elk River Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com 

----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2008 8:37:16 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] re: Seydel design ripped off!

Dave Payne wrote:

"Well, the crime I'm reporting happened probably 90 years ago;) "

Or is non-existent.  My first reaction would be to assume that this  
is a "stenciled" instrument, ie, made by Seydel for a distributor,  
competitor or the like and given that companies name rather then  
Seydel's.  This was very common, thus earning it's own term,  
"stenciled".  This was very common with pianos, reed-organs and  
guitars, so I see no reason not to assume it was at least somewhat  
common with harmonicas as well.  Since this seems to correspond to a  
specific Seydel design in other idiosyncracies (five-hole size,  
etc...) I would be surprised if this wasn't a "stencil" rather than a  
separate company.

Moreover, sales literature from the late 19th and early 20th  
centuries was over-the-top at best.  Most companies claimed that  
their products were being stolen, copied and imitated by lesser  
manufacturers (often ranting against either their own products  
stenciled for others or against the manufacturers from whom the  
bought the items they stenciled, depending on which side of the  
equation the ranter was on) and that they were the one true  
innovators.  Very few of these claims have any significant merit, as  
they ignore both the nature of markets and were more often than not  
simply propaganda.



  ()()    JR "Bulldogge" Ross
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