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



I can't lay my hands on the box right now, but as I recall it was in a
plastic box, red/blue on bottom and clear on top with writing. The box
does not suggest pre-war. 

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:32:14 -0700 (PDT), "Winslow Yerxa"
<winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> 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
> 
> --- "Karen E. Chancellor" <kchance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > I have heard that the six pointed star disappeared from the circle
> > between hands on the back side of Hohner harmonicas in  the late
> > 30's.
> > I bought a new Marine Band soloist (12 holes) in downtown Memphis in
> > approximately 1973. It definitely has the 6 pointed star. Does anyone
> > know anything about this? Thanks.
> > KC
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