Re: [Harp-L] 6 pointed star on 70's hohner

[Tom Baehr <tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> I suspect it was new old stock and had been sitting gathering dust for
> 35 years or so before you came along.
>
> Details of the box (if you still have it) might help confirm this.
>
> Currently the 364 model, which uses the same basic body and covers as
> the Marine Band Soloist, comes in a dark red plastic wraparound pouch.
> For awhile in the 1970s they came in a bright red pull-apart tube-like
> box with left and right halves. Before that they came in the classic
> lidded paper box, with the later ones having that cheery blue Hohner
> logo and the earlier ones having black and gold medallion labels on  
> the
> inside boxtop and possibly on the bottom.
>
> I don't know what sort of box the Soloist came in, but there may have
> been a similar progression in the type and the appearance of the box.
>
> Winslow
A couple of my older Hohners, including 2 260s and an Echo, had the  
star when purchased in the 50s or thereabouts. Another version of  
this story is that Hohner warehoused some parts during the initial no- 
star period, and used them after the war. I don't know if this is  
true; the metal content may have been more valuable than the actual  
stampings. A modern 260 I have doesn't have a star.

BTW, someone is trying to sell an older 260 or 270 as "The Gran Prix  
Edition."

Tom