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Why aren't Hohner 1040s More Popular?
baz parkes:
Hopefully here rather than Makes and Models?
I've been thinking about this since following a rather humorous and somewhat acrimonious thread in another place concerning the value of a C 1040 with a plastic keyboard. Most of the comments were along the lines of these boxes aren't worth bothering with. I own three in G C and A, all of which I enjoy playing, but rarely take to a session or gig. I'm trying to think of any revival or traditional players pictured with one. I have a vague memory of seeing Percy Brown and Lemmy Brazill pictured with one, but it is very vague, and probably incorrect.
So, why don't we play these more?
(and you'll be pleased to know the C with a plastic fingerboard sold for the princely sum of $1490 if I remember correctly >:E :|glug)
pgroff:
I love them baz, and can give many examples of traditional players (Irish and some other styles) playing them if you wish.
They have their own unique character in part from the flat mounted reeds.
Not a fatal flaw of course but they share with the 2 row pokerwork boxes that sharp corner on the left rear corner of the case that can hit your left wrist.
Interesting that a "rounded casework" version of the Hohner Vienna-style 1 row box (compare the Ericas, Corsos, and Coronas that were introduced in the 1950s to supplement or replace the square-bodied 2-row and 3-row boxes) isn't more popular. I have actually seen a Hohner 1 row similar to an Erica with a rounded, celluloid-covered case, but I think it was a Hohner International and these seem rare.
In some ways the Italian-made Busilacchio 1-row boxes from the 1950s - 1960s, with MM voicing, flat-mounted reeds, and 4 basses fulfill that role of a round-bodied box with specs similar to a Hohner 1040.
PG
mselic:
--- Quote from: baz parkes on January 10, 2020, 12:39:20 PM ---Hopefully here rather than Makes and Models?
I've been thinking about this since following a rather humorous and somewhat acrimonious thread in another place concerning the value of a C 1040 with a plastic keyboard.
(and you'll be pleased to know the C with a plastic fingerboard sold for the princely sum of $1490 if I remember correctly >:E :|glug)
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If you’re referring to a recent posting on the One Row Melodeon page on Facebook, the person listing the box for sale was not of sound mind and the box most assuredly did NOT sell for the price he claimed it did. He also claimed that it had definitively been proven that his 1040C with plastic keyboard had been made in the 1800s...there were more than a few red flags raised in that situation, both online and through pm’s...
Theo:
I think that post on Facebook was a wind up and several people took the bait!
Peadar:
--- Quote from: baz parkes on January 10, 2020, 12:39:20 PM ---
I've been thinking about this since following a rather humorous and somewhat acrimonious thread in another place concerning the value of a C 1040 with a plastic keyboard. Most of the comments were along the lines of these boxes aren't worth bothering with. I own three in G C and A, all of which I enjoy playing, but rarely take to a session or gig. I'm trying to think of any revival or traditional players pictured with one. I
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I believe 1040 was originally the catalogue number in the Irish market for what was sold in GB as an 1140.
Not actually a photograph but see link- starting at 7.00 - Johnny Connolly describes the first melodeon he played (in his parents house) as a small Hohner 4 bass. That might well be a 1040 or possibly one the (smaller and earlier) 370/460 types.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwirwvSCk_nmAhUWi1wKHWutBuoQwqsBMAB6BAgKEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DaC8vuMZTVMQ&usg=AOvVaw28cREhhuyT5bDz3jAwaM0Q
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