German mastering and lacquer cutting engineer.
1972: started to work as metrologist at [l281738], after his radio and television engineer apprenticeship.
1978: officially started to work as a lacquer cutting engineer at [l281738], responsible for cutting room 1 (Überspielung 1), until the middle of 1984.
His signature during this time was a stylized 'H1' (ℋ1) in the runouts. Use Lacquer Cut At - [l281738] and Lacquer Cut By - Peter Harenberg + ANV H
Not to be confused with the similar hand-etched stylized 'Hi' (ℋ𝒾) of
Joachim Hinsch.
He sporadically did cut some lacquers before 1978 though, which can be identified by a stylized ℋ. Please use Lacquer Cut By - Peter Harenberg + ANV H
August 1983: Harenberg switched to DMM cuts only - these cuts cannot be identified though except by the stylized 'H1' (ℋ1). Use Mastered At - [l281738] and Direct Metal Mastering - Peter Harenberg + ANV H
1984: In September he founded his own company ham - Harenberg Audio Mastering Peter Harenberg - a vinyl and digital mastering studio.
1985: After the purchase of a lathe, he renamed his company to [l271712] in October 1985, which he still runs.
His signature is a stylized 'HA' (ℋA) in the runouts. Please use Lacquer cut by - Peter Harenberg + ANV HA.
Note that he also used this signature before lacquer cutting at [l271712].