Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Shelf Space

[Jp Pagán <jplpagan@xxxxxxx>]

I've never had much luck getting a good harp selection at any brick &  
mortar store. I've been to Guitar Center as well as to some well known  
places here in NYC like Manny's and Sam Ash. Usually they have like,  
50 Blues Harps in C and maybe a couple other harps in A or G, maybe F,  
and that's it. For the longest time, I've ordered my harps online: any  
key you want, any make, any model, and usually arrives in a couple of  
days. Besides, my money goes to people who are part of and care about  
the harmonica community, not to Guitar Center or Sam Ash. Not that  
there's anything wrong with that, but they care little or not at all  
about harmonica players. Then again, maybe it's because of people like  
me. ;)

-Jp

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@...>  
wrote:
>
> I've noticed over the last couple years that shelf space dedicated to
> harmonicas in music stores has dwindled to almost nothing.  Stores  
like
> Guitar Center (and others like it) used to have big displays of  
harps in or
> behind the accessories counter.  Now the only thing I see is the  
little
> Hohner box that perches on the counter.
>
> What's up?  Have harp sales fallen off so much that stores no  
longer want to
> devote shelf space, or have other items such as pedals made in  
China become
> so profitable that harmonicas are squeezed out?  I bought a Special  
20 in C
> today and had to walk up and down the counter several times before  
I found
> any harps.
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