Dave Mandl on Nostr: Reading about Paul McCartney's recently recovered bass, I noticed that it's spelled ...
Reading about Paul McCartney's recently recovered bass, I noticed that it's spelled "Höfner," with an umlaut, throughout the article. Is this something new? I can't remember ever seeing the brand name spelled that way. Were they trying to downplay their German-ness post-WWII?
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