[Alan Brinton]

I have been able to find no early (1958-65 or so) Clavietta ads in U.S. or Canadian newspapers. It appears later occasionally in music store ads along with other instruments and in classified ads. But the Clavietta is occasionally mentioned in news items — 1959 is the earliest I’ve found — and in TV show listings. There seems to be no evidence that there was ever a serious advertising campaign in the U.S. such as Hohner conducted through the 1960s for its Melodicas. But some were being sold in U.S. music stores.