ON HOLD – 1920′S BAVARIAN STURMABTEILUNG GLOCKENSPIEL
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A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE NSDAP STURMABTEILUNG DOUBLE OCTAVE GLOCKENSPIEL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
TOGETHER WITH THE DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHE STANDARD & THE SCHELLENBAUM (JINGLING JONNY) , THESE ARE THE THREE MOST ICONIC ITEMS SEEN IN 1920′S AND 1930′S PHOTOS OF STURMABTEILUNG RALLIES AND MARCHES.
LIKELY CONVERTED IN THE 1920′S FROM AN IMPERIAL EXAMPLE (THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN COLOUR TO THE EAGLE A SIGN) AS MOSTLY ALL OF THESE WERE AT THAT TIME OF GREAT AUSTERITY, THE GLOCKENSPIEL MEASURES 48 INCHES FROM THE EAGLE DOWN TO THE BASE (NOT INCLUDING THE DETACHABLE WOODEN POLE. ALL THE METAL NOTE KEYS ARE PRESENT THE GAPS ARE CONSISTENT TO ALL OTHER EXAMPLES WE HAVE SEEN.
THE BLUE AND WHITE HORSEHAIR TASSLES SIGNIFY A BAVARIAN UNIT WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS BEING RECENTLY FOUND IN REGENSBURG , GERMANY.
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