History about the family business In the years 1935 to 1983, the art of the mouth drum production was exercised of Karl Hörzing, that the craft of mouth drum master Gradauer learned, head professional. His wife Pauline Hörzing led has operate received the business of 1983 to 1987, since 1987 its daughter Gertraud Jofen and its man Josef Jofen that.
For the first time they sold mouth drum next to the hand smith yet that of machine finished mouth drums in the most deceased colors. There the mouth drum buyers always fewer began became it 1994 to generate excluding hand smith mouth drum. Stimulation for this idea was moreover also yet the jakutische encounter with the mouth drum master Ivan Khristoforov. On its trip through Europe visited 1994 of the jakutische mouth drum masters Austria in order to look at this.
This "accidental encounter the beginning of a new alignment in the mouth drum production of Josef and Gertraud Jofen should become. Meanwhile the desired drums world call have.
Hot irons in the fire Many steps and experience are stole develops from necessary, until a piece a sounding instrument.
Each mouth drum becomes hand finished of Josef Jofen and agreed. Musician of closely and far appreciate the high quality and longevity our „drums“.
A large sound spectrum and the easy play barness price the instruments out of the house Hörzing. Each mouth drum is an original.
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