Weltmeister Double side C & G (plastic comb)

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Hohner Band 40 Reed C 1940's ?

WeltMeister Double C/G (Earlier wood comb) 48x2 reeds

Stages in stripping and overhauling

Wood comb WeltMeister

Dr. Rolf Ottmuller 40 reed echo

Early Hohner Valved Chromatic 40 reeds "C"

The Chromatic on the right had a split wood comb which had to be glued first. A fair bit of rust had to be removed and two of the valves flattened and refitted. The pins retaining the plates are not "knocked" in but compressed in using a small vice with its jaws above and below the plates. The wood comb is cleaned carefully with a rotary brush and rust and dirt on the plates with a rotary brass or soft steel brush. (remembering to have the brush rotating with the direction of the reeds!) Covers are cleaned and buffed as normal. Sides and back are french polished prior to assembly.

Nice condition pre-war "Sonny Boy". Steel plates. Pinned. 28 holes 14 reeds one plate dummy "STAR"

Miniature (1&3/8") 8 note keyring harmonica, made by the toy company" Tri-ang" in the 1950-60's

"ASRA" Export model made by Josef Fischer. Brunndobra (Klingenthal) c.a. 1906-1974 Brass plated steel reed plates. 24 holes 12 reeds. Alternate blow-suck.Reg.No.272090."Made in Saxony"

"Der Kleine Kapellmeister" (The small Bandmaster) By C.A.Seydel Sohne about 1920's 1 1/2" Long 5 holes Ten reeds. Cover designed in 1898

"RUMBA" by Josef Fischer. (Pre 1906-1974) 4 Steel plates. 2 Dummy. 2x32 holes 2x16 reeds Reg. No. 422107 This model ca 1950. Length 5 5/8" Another cheaply made export model?.

As above but covers in english and without reg mark.Probably later manufacture. with original case.

"INTERMEZZO"by Josef Fischer.Pre 1906-1974. 6" long. 32dh. 16 reeds.One dummy plate (top). Steel plates. lapped covers. Regd No. 8943. This model probably from betwen WW1 and WW2.

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"Intermezzo" by Joseph Fischer  >>>>>>> Later model, same body but covers now have plastic insert.  Probably made after nationalisation in 1974. Plastic similar to VEB models and style.

'THREE LITTLE GIRLS' Made in Rep.of Ireland, by Hohner, under the Weiss lable. Probably a way of outputting cheaply made harps without the Hohner name on them. It has steel plates, pinned, one of them a dummy. 12dh and 12 reeds. The 'Germany' logo on the box is overstamped in black. Date unknown Guess about 1950.