Trossingen, Germany – the Supervisory Board of Matth. Hohner AG has appointed Clayman Bruce Edwards as a member of the Management Board. He follows Manfred Stöhr, who has left the company.

Clay Edwards will mutually conduct business with the long- standing member of the Management Board Stefan Althoff and will also serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hohner SA in Semur, France.

For the past 6 years, Clay Edwards has been President of Hohner Inc., the company’s US subsidiary located in Glen Allen, Virginia, as well as member of the board of directors of Shanghai Lansheng Hohner Musical Instruments Co. Ltd, a manufacturing operation located in Shanghai, China.

A native of Newport News, Virginia, he earned a BS in Finance and an MS in Accounting from the University of Virginia and has an MBA from the College of William & Mary. Clay is 47 years old.

Founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner (1833–1902), Hohner initially produced harmonicas, and from 1903 became a major manufacturer of accordions, with an international reputation.

Today, the Hohner Group employs about 350 employees in the German production and development plants of Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG in Trossingen and Sonor GmbH & Co. KG in Bad Berleburg as well as in the distribution companies in the USA, France and Switzerland.

In more than 97 countries the Group distributes harmonicas, accordions, recorders, melodicas and guitars under the Hohner brand, ukuleles under the brands Lanikai and Kohala, and drums, percussion instruments under the Sonor brand.