tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27257197959732447.post7484919846224584121..comments2024-03-24T16:08:17.795-04:00Comments on The Topps Archives: Excelsior You Fathead!toppcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10698182920578539949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27257197959732447.post-56553055890481464052018-09-26T18:22:21.950-04:002018-09-26T18:22:21.950-04:00OK, so Fred Gretsch was friends with the Shorin fa...OK, so Fred Gretsch was friends with the Shorin family that owned Topps from 1938 up until about 7 or 8 years ago. He sold Morris Shorin a house in Crown Heights in 1920 and leased a floor in the Gretsch Building at 60 Broadway in Brooklyn to Topps in 1938 (their first factory floor) which they rented until 1965-66. <br /><br />More nose flute info here at noseflute.org: https://nose-flute.blogspot.com/search?q=Toppstoppcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698182920578539949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27257197959732447.post-68231172083428183532012-06-15T07:03:41.784-04:002012-06-15T07:03:41.784-04:00Hello,
Yes Jean Shepherd probably played a plasti...Hello,<br /><br />Yes Jean Shepherd probably played a plastic "Humanatone" (distributed by Gretsch) at this time.<br />You can hear him playing it in 1965 program I put on my blog : http://nose-flute.blogspot.fr/2012/05/archive-jean-shepherd-and-nose-flute.html<br /><br />By the way, I would be very interested of getting a bigger size of the nose flute shown on this page it it is possible...<br />--> contact(at)noseflute.org<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />Antoine / UkeHeidi<br />www.noseflute.orgUkeHeidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175787452954907320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27257197959732447.post-66426374168457739812008-10-16T10:49:00.000-04:002008-10-16T10:49:00.000-04:00Thanks for describing my EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! T...Thanks for describing my EXCELSIOR, YOU FATHEAD! THE ART AND ENIGMA OF JEAN SHEPHERD as excellent.<BR/>Regarding nose flutes, there have been many variations on this instrument in third world countries. The Topps one is the only design I'm aware of in the United States. I have no doubt that Jean Shepherd used a nose flute of just such a design when he concertized on the air. He also used the jews harp and the kazoo. He was a master performer on all these as well as in the unusual musicianship of thumping out tunes by knocking his knuckles on his head.<BR/>Excelsior!Eugene B. Bergmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047024985035823342noreply@blogger.com