ANTIQUE OCARINA H. FIEHN RED SWEET POTATO AUSTRIA 1879 Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 9.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 29, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location Buffalo, New York See more about 'ANTIQUE OCARINA H. FIEHN RED SWEET POTATO AUSTRIA 1879' Description ANTIQUE RED OCARINA / SWEET POTATO / STAMPED SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1879 / RED PAINTED WITH GOLD ENHANCEMENTS / MADE IN AUSTRIA / ANTIQUE WIND INSTRUMENT / RED BRONZE PAINT / STAMPED C6 / 8 FINGER HOLES FRONT / 3 FINGER HOLES BACK SIDE / SIGNED H. FIEHN OR HEINRICH FIEHN SIZE : THIS ANTIQUE RED PAINTED HEINRICH FIEHN C6 OCARINA MEASURES AS FOLLOWS : 7 INCHES LONG BY 4 INCHES TALL BY 2 ¼ INCHES APPROX BODY THICKNESS . CONDITION : EXCEPT FOR A MODEST LOSS OF GOLD PAINT ON THE EXHIBITION STAMPS AND THE GOLD PAINTED TIPS OF THIS INSTRUMENT AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE ( IN OUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH ) A CRACK AROUND NEAR THE MOUTH PIECE OF THIS OCARINA …. THIS ANTIQUE RED PAINTED HEINRICH FIEHN C6 OCARINA IS IN GOOD PREVIOUSLY OWNED / USED / PLAYED / ENJOYED DISPLAYED / AND NOW CURRENTLY COLLECTED CONDITION . THERE ARE NO FLAKES, NO BREAKS, NO CRACKS , NO EXCESSIVE DAMAGES AND NO REPAIRS. WE OFFER THIS ANTIQUE OCARINA / SWEET POTATO MADE IN VIENNA AUSTRIA BY H. FIEHN IN 1890. IT IS DATED BY WAY OF THE DOUBLE SYDNEY EXHIBITION STAMP OF 1879 / IT IS A C6. THESE OCARINAS ARE CERAMIC AND ARE OFTEN BOUGHT BY COLLECTORS. H. FIEHN OCARINAS WERE FIRST MADE IN 1879 AND ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE H. FIEHN OR HEINRICH FIEHN, (D 1941) ORIGINALLY A GERMAN WAGON MAKER, WAS A MANUFACTURER OF OCARINAS BASED IN AUSTRIA. HE HAD AN EXPOSITION IN 1879 WITH HIS POPULAR OCARINAS. HIS OCARINAS WERE MADE IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. HIS POPULARITY WAS GAINED, HOWEVER, IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MAJORITY OF HIS OCARINAS WERE SOLD. TODAY, THEY ARE A GOOD COLLECTOR'S FIND AND USUALLY SELL FOR LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PENDING CONDITION. GILT AWARD SEALS DOUBLE MARKINGS H VIEHN ocarinas VARIOUS COMMERCIAL MAKERS MASS-PRODUCED OCARINAS IN THE ITALIAN STYLE: HEINRICH, HANS OR HARDY FIEHN OR VIEHN MASS-PRODUCED OCARINAS IN THE ITALIAN STYLE: AN ENTREPRENEUR WHO ATTEMPTED TO SWAMP THE OCARINA MARKET BY GETTING IN FAST AND HEAVY AT VARIOUS TURN OF THE CENTURY "EXPOSITIONS", HE DID AUSTRALIA, AND BY THE CHANGE OF SPELLING TO FIEHN IT PROVES THAT HE ADAPTED TO STUBBORN US PREFERENCE FOR US ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION.(THE BRITISH ARE VERY ARROGANT IN THIS RESPECT TOO!) FROM AN ARTICLE IN TIME MAGAZINE Monday may 31 : THE OCARINAS WERE MADE IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE SIZE, KEY AND COLOUR BETWEEN 1879 AND THE EARLY 1940S. THE OCARINA'S LATIN NAME IS USUALLY SAID TO BE DERIVED FROM THE ITALIAN WORD OCA (GOOSE), BUT SOME AUTHORITIES TRACE IT TO THE ITALIAN OCCARE, MEANING TO HARROW. THE ANCIENT CHINESE, AZTECS AND INCAS ALL PLAYED A SIMILAR INSTRUMENT. ITS INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION DATES FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, WHEN AN ITALIAN NAMED DONATI MADE A TURNIP-SHAPED FLUTE OF BAKED CLAY WITH EIGHT FINGER HOLES. HE SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED HIMSELF BY FALLING OFF A BALCONY. PERFECTED BY A GERMAN WAGON MAKER NAMED HEINRICH FIEHN, DONATI'S INVENTION BECAME THE RAGE OF VIENNA IN THE '90S. THE VERY FINEST OCARINAS WERE MANUFACTURED FROM THE MUD OF THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE. TODAY ONLY A HANDFUL OF VIRTUOSO OCARINISTS RATE THE HONOR OF MEMBERSHIP IN BOSS JAMES CAESAR PETRILLO'S AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS. BUT THE "SWEET POTATO" HAS ITS QUOTA OF PASSIONATE PARTISANS. GREATEST OF THESE IS UNQUESTIONABLY OCARINIST BERNIE LADD, WHO MANUFACTURES HIS OWN CAREFULLY TUNED INSTRUMENTS AND PLAYS SOLOS WITH ANDRE KOSTELANETZ RADIO ORCHESTRA. LIKE MOST SERIOUS MUSICIANS, OCARINIST LADD IS A STANCH TRADITIONALIST AND PREFERS MUD TO PLASTIC. HE REGARDS THE U.S. ARMY'S NEW UNBREAKABLE OCARINAS AS NEWFANGLED GADGETS UNWORTHY OF A MASTER'S BREATH. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO VIEW , ENJOY AND CONSIDER THIS HEINRICH FIEHN POTTERY / CLAY / TERRACOTTA BRONZE RED PAINTED C6 OCARINA SHOWN IN THE SIDNEY EXHIBITION OF 1879 .... AND AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR BIDDING IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED. 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