Researching old instruments

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@Kehaulani said in Researching old instruments:

Isn't German Grün spelled Gruen in American?

Yes, it is. Dutch and German are related languages. The two dots above the vowel are translated with an additional e.
Ä=ae
Ö=oe
Ü=ue

Scandinavian languages also use the "umlaut".

I guess the anglicized versions can be considered dipthongs.

[stumac]

In my youth I knew a family whose name was Mueller, the grandmother came to Australia before WW1, born in Germany in the 1870s, she pronounced her name as Miller, she would correct anyone that pronounced it any other way.

Regards, Stuart.