Special Recognition Award: Christy Hengel

1989

Christy Hengel

(1922-2007)

Special Recognition Award 1989

Christy Hengel was a concertina craftsman from New Ulm, Minnesota who received a National Fellowship Award from The National Endowment For the Arts in Washington D.C. in 1989. Hengel concertinas are considered the best-ever created worldwide.