Re: [Harp-L] Volunteer for Winslow - and Hohner stars

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Miriam.

Collectors report five, six, and even 12-pointed stars on Hohner harmonicas; I've also heard of rosettes. One theory about these was that the number of points on the star represented the number of Matthias' Hohner's sons involved in the business. But heaven knows whether that was true. The (I think late) Richard Smith, Harland Crain, Martin Haeffner of the Deutsches Harmonkiamuseum and a few others may be able to shed some light on the topic.

As video becomes available and known, I'll keep you in mind as a potential editor.

Winslow
 
Winslow Yerxa
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 From: Miriam <miriamfran@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:40 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Volunteer for Winslow
 

Hi,

I am a lurking member currently building a virtual harmonica museum online,
working with Pat Missin to identify my harmonicas of which I now have way
too many.  The site will be called HarmonicasRock.com, when it is up and
running.  There will be one page for each of my harps, which will contain
history, photos, audio and ebay trivia about the purchase.  All of my harps
are pre-WWII and very old. I am collecting all manufacturers, including Mr.
Hohner, who seemed to have eaten up most of the earliest manufacturers.

A question: Does anyone know why Hohner used a five pointed star? There is
no trademark that we can find. I always assumed these were earlier versions
of some models but am not sure. Any information would be greatly
appreciated.

Among my other talents, I am a video archivist and video editor. I shoot
dance and music performances in NYC and would happily volunteer to edit any
and all SPAH videos.

best,
Miriam Lefkowitz
miriamfran@xxxxxxxxx