[Leica] Noise of falling Leicas

["Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>]

"Paul Schiemer" <schiemer@magicnet.net> wrote:

>He picked it up abruptly, making a gesture I guess, it flew into the
air
between us and crashed down through the glass counter into the case of
Nikons below. (what a incredible sound that was!)

Back in the late 1960s I lived in Stevenage, England, and bought Leica
gear from a dealer called Hans Edwards, who had a shop in the High
Street.

I recall him saying how one day the top (glass) shelf in the display
case which held his Leica equipment suddenly snapped, releasing a
cascade of Ernst Leitz' finest onto the next glass shelf, which broke
under the impact, releasing an even larger and heavier quantity of
Leica equipment onto the next glass shelf, which in turn....   I think
it's called the 'domino effect'. From his vantage point behind the
counter, all Hans could do was to watch the show!

Regards,

Doug Richardson