Seydel History and Cool Prewars
I am going to be making this harmonica history section a
major part of this Web site, dealing mainly with Seydel, but
other companies as well. The Seydel story is something
that needs to be told. You don't get to be the world's oldest
harmonica maker overnight, you know.

Check back often. There will be a LOT more to come.










Videos:
Elk River
Harmonicas
Dave Payne Sr., owner
Welcome to
The complete Seydel line and home of the Elk River Special
Grandpa Cecil Payne And Dave Payne Sr.
Home
Site map
Dave Payne and Jason Ricci on the
awesomest harmonicas of all time

Dave- 1930s Seydel Bandmaster, Jason/ 1930s Marine Band
DeLuxe, click video to play
Click below for history
pages:
Seydel factory tour
How Handmade Harmonicas
are created at Seydel
Click below for catalogs and other documents:
Catalogs:
Max Spranger 1937
C.A. Seydel 1923

Patents:
Jacob Hohner's 1897 Marine Band patent
Theodore Meinhold 1878 Non-corrosive mouthpiece
Carl Essbach 1895 double, variable reedplate
Theodore Meinhold 1881 air-tight mouthpiece
Hugh Paris (of Rat Portage) 1897 Chromatic
Ernst Koch 1908 harmonica? uses tuned bells instead of reeds
Story of RIchter Tuning
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PDF or any type of copy of
Richard Seydel Sr.'s 1898
Bandmaster Patent
contact me