Hohner Continental Score List

[TW]

Im busy discarding scores from 1950 onward that Im never going to try!

Came across this foolscap Hohner list that I thought might be of interest.
Must date after 1971 being decimal - even though on an Imperial paper size...


Im not implying that I have these scores!

 

[JerryPH]

Im not implying that I have these scores!

They are indeed interesting... so what are you implying?

 

[TW]

It implies that you should not draw any unfounded conclusions from the post.
For absolute clarity let me say that if, having read the pamphlet text, it suggests that I have a stock of, or even have seen, any of these scores it should be clear that I do not.
I posted the list for information only.
Not a mistake I shall make in the future.

 

[bobfou]

I found it interesting! Looking at the print quality of the list it makes one realise what a revolution there has been in printing over the last few decades

 

[JerryPH]

It implies that you should not draw any unfounded conclusions from the post.

What in the world do you think I was implying, since all I did was ask a question? LOL!

Not a mistake I shall make in the future.

Uhmm... ok, whatever. Id do well to just let it pass and not continue along this vein of conversation.

I found it interesting! Looking at the print quality of the list it makes one realise what a revolution there has been in printing over the last few decades

Well, obviously this was a lower quality photocopy or possibly even a 2nd or 3rd generation photocopy, but the original looks like it was typed out on a typewriter of European origin. Many of the songs on that list are ones that I know and bring back a few nice memories.

Printing technology over the years has improved a lot, but I was always impressed with the quality of commercially printed music, even from sheet music over 50-60 years old or more. I used to have a ton of sheet music that was from the early 1930s and very clear and easy to read. Of course it was yellowed and frail, but the quality of the print was just as good as anything today.

A small example of a ~70 year old piece that my father brought back from the then Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic today) in 1969, its an early-mid 1940s printing as this song came out on old records in 1941:

http://syner-g.asuscomm.com/mymusic/files/music-1.jpg>

http://syner-g.asuscomm.com/mymusic/files/music-2.jpg>

These print outs were interestingly much smaller than a standard 8.5 X 11 page, and at least this one stood up well over time considering that it was used, abused and sold several times over the years until it came into my hands.

 

[Matt Butcher]

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed looking at that. Brought back some memories as I have played a couple, Holzschuh's Natasha as a duet (very romantic), some little pieces from Lundquist's Allerlei (nice little short Bartok type pieces). Happy memories. I think it's got harder to get hold of the German publications in the UK.

It also brings back memories of poring over hand typed mail order catalogues for records etc.

 

[TomBR]

The scores list in the OP looks typed on a typewriter - normal then for a price list. OK we might now call that "printed" but rather different from printing technology of the day.

 

[bobfou]

It implies that you should not draw any unfounded conclusions from the post.

What in the world do you think I was implying, since all I did was ask a question? LOL!

Not a mistake I shall make in the future.

Uhmm... ok, whatever. Id do well to just let it pass and not continue along this vein of conversation.

I found it interesting! Looking at the print quality of the list it makes one realise what a revolution there has been in printing over the last few decades

Well, obviously this was a lower quality photocopy or possibly even a 2nd or 3rd generation photocopy, but the original looks like it was typed out on a typewriter of European origin. Many of the songs on that list are ones that I know and bring back a few nice memories.

Printing technology over the years has improved a lot, but I was always impressed with the quality of commercially printed music, even from sheet music over 50-60 years old or more. I used to have a ton of sheet music that was from the early 1930s and very clear and easy to read. Of course it was yellowed and frail, but the quality of the print was just as good as anything today.

A small example of a ~70 year old piece that my father brought back from the then Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic today) in 1969, its an early-mid 1940s printing as this song came out on old records in 1941:

http://syner-g.asuscomm.com/mymusic/files/music-1.jpg>

http://syner-g.asuscomm.com/mymusic/files/music-2.jpg>

These print outs were interestingly much smaller than a standard 8.5 X 11 page, and at least this one stood up well over time considering that it was used, abused and sold several times over the years until it came into my hands.[/quote]


Agreed the quality of the printed music then was high but presumably quite a job to set up the printing press to produce - now that sort of quality can be obtained with modest software and a cheap laser printer

Going back to the typed price list When I first started teaching the only way to print newsletters,, worksheets etc was by a gestetner like this one.

http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/WLU/28540f.jpg

A stencil was produced with a typewriter, very carefully place on the drum, and then the drum was inked up. My few attempts at using it ended up with more ink on me than the paper! When photocopiers came along they were like manna from heaven!

 

[JerryPH]

What always surprises me is that today for it to last as long as it did back then, we need archival quality paper and lazer inks. No such technology existed back in the 40's, yet they retained their quality really well.

I remember back when the first photocopiers came out, you had to use thermal paper, it was expensive as heck and for the print to be remotely visible, it turned the rest of the sheet light brown. Times have indeed improved! Today, we can scan it, clean it up and send it to a good quality printer across on the other side of the world, or better yet save them in digital format, ready to be reprinted if needed at some later date.

 

[Matt Butcher]

As the list represents a certain time and place in accordion history, anyone else familiar with the music? I came across the duet through a British College of Accordionists competition and the other was used on various Trinity Guildhall exam syllabuses so it looks like those organisations were raiding the Hohner archives.