Re: [Harp-L] Tour of world's oldest harmonica factory (Seydel) now on You Tube

[Denise <harmonicablue@xxxxxxxxx>]

To add to David's link to Seydel Factory YouTube...

Lee Oskar/ Tombo Factory YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n548kAiq-zA&feature=related

and

Hohner factory YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG4NB21Fkw

It has been my secret dream for some time to work in a harmonica factory.
Wouldn't it be great if the harmonica factory's events
included contests with the prize of working in a harmonica factory for a
week !!!
~Denise~

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:49 PM, David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> This is cool. Awesome.
>  Seydel sent me this video they did for their 160th anniversary. I edited
> it to make it Youtube friendly and just posted it. You see them making
> reedplates, milling and cutting reeds, making coverplates, riveting reeds on
> a chromatic DeLuxe.
>  Now when you see this video, you'll see one employee in a room, two in
> another, etc.. One guy, Wolfgang, I believe, is making reedplates and
> coverplates and milling reeds. All the same guy. Couple ladies riveting
> reeds in another room. Jurgen tuning in another room. You'll notice right
> away this isn't a huge company, at least as far as employee numbers,
> although not everybody is on the video, you can see this huge factory with a
> skeleton staff taking pride in its work. You get this feeling, in some room,
> ghosts are stamping out old Bandmasters...
>   Now look at that video and look at what Seydel is doing today. It's
> growing, but a company that size doing what it is doing... it's inspiring.
> Look at these people, even then the future was somewhat in doubt, yet they
> say bring on the world, we're going get noticed. That
> David-with-five-stones-and-a-sling dynamic at least inspired me to pursue a
> career as one of their dealers.
>  This is, from a historic perspective, an interesting look. I suppose I
> could ask when it was shot, but from what I see in it, I date it about 2006.
> This was the time Seydel began transforming itself, updating machinery,
> improving quality control, etc.
>  At this time, they were making harmonicas exactly like they were made in
> the 1930s, with a little 1960s technology thrown in here and there. From a
> historical perspective, this footage is amazing. It's like you went back in
> time 80 years, shot color video and brought it back.
>  If you want a look at how harmonicas are made, check this out. It's
> fascinating from many perspectives.
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CJlQKMym48
>
>  Dave
>
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