Fwd: Re: [Harp-L] Gindick's Got a Hetrick Harp Case on Youtube

["John K." <jkuzloski@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Does the lid come off for ease of use on stage?

-------------- Original message from "Matt Smart" 
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8lysYlKqw 
> 
> Matthew Smart 
> www.harpcase.com 
> www.atlantaharmonicalessons.com 
> 

I have been happy with Cadillac Pete's harp stand/case.  Great 
feature -- it can be attached easily to a spare microphone stand. I 
didn't get the fancy ash (got plastic) or the hard case.  The harps 
can come free of the holder when in transport in the soft case even 
using the strip of elastic that it comes with -- easily fixed however 
by covering the harps with a piece of cardboard (or most anything) 
before attaching the elastic.  It is sold at harphouse; I think I got 
mine direct from Pete.  (His microphone holder for attaching your amp 
mike to your vocal stand also works well -- it is shaped to hold 
various shaped microphones -- bullets, sticks, EV638.)  No 
affiliation.  I'm sure the ash is classier looking than the plastic, 
but functionality is probably the same.

Funny story about using the stand (not the stands fault!).  A gal who 
had been dringing came up (no raised stage) and was hanging close by -
- she picked a harp from the stand and started blowing, put it back, 
grabbed it again at her boyfrens's encouragement so he could take a 
picture!  She puts it back, and then she asks me why I have so many 
harmonicas -- I told her in case somebody spits in one, I can use 
another! (I think it went right over her head.)  So now I keep the 
stand a bit away from the crowd.
--John K.