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Timeline of the HA114
mselic:
I’m wondering if anyone on this forum (Triskel, perhaps?) is aware of when Hohner began production of the HA114 model. I’m assuming it would have been sometime in the 1950s. The earliest models seemed to have had the following characteristics:
-no Hohner logo on the front
-wooden keyboard
-cloth bass strap
-H reeds
-17+2 bellows folds
-textured/patterned bellows tape
The first thing to change at some point was the inclusion of the Hohner logo, and then at some point (I’m guessing the 1960s) the keyboard became plastic (or Bakelite), T reeds were used, bass strap became leather (or faux leather?) and the bellows tape became that standard papery rubbish. The box went through a few other changes, such as gold end frames instead of silver, reduction of bellows folds from 17+2 to 16+2, and then eventually 14+2, and the use of gold and red bellows tape without any silver. The final change that I noticed was a much brighter/garish goldbrand finish and black bellows tape.
Does anyone know anything about the timeline of these changes (or other changes that I haven’t mentioned?). At some point production would have moved to China, but I’m unsure of when that would have been. Also, it seems that production of the 3 and 2-stops was phased out at some point as well, and I’m also unaware of the timeline for that.
None of the above is important by any means, I’m just interested!
Jon Stapleton:
The ones without the logo on the front and a wooden keyboard often have a random selection of zinc and alley reedplates so I reckon late 40s early 50s? I like these the best, especially the 112s. Bakelite keyboard tend to have a mix of T and H ally plates and still have that sound. I have always assumed the plates date the box The Ally H plates are late 40s / early 50s onwards club 3 pre corona etc the square club 3b/r/s often has the mix of ally and zinc plates
Peadar:
I presume the HA114 is strictly a post war model? Anything marked "Made in Germany" is pre 1945.
Edited to add: Or post 1989
mselic:
Thanks, Jon. I believe the HA114 model began production sometime in the 1950s. I’m hoping someone with access to the older Hohner catalogues might be able to confirm.
rees:
--- Quote from: Peadar on May 24, 2020, 01:51:31 AM ---I presume the HA114 is strictly a post war model? Anything marked "Made in Germany" is pre 1945.
--- End quote ---
Did you mean "post 1945"?
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