Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Shelf Space

[rgwebber@xxxxxxx]

For those of you near orange county, CA

Pepperland Music (714  639-0909) on Tustin ave in Orange has a pretty good/interesting collection of harps on the shelf, mostly at reasonable prices.
-------------- Original message from Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> I'm not sure that is the reason why harmonica shelf space seems to be 
> shrinking. Online dealers don't seem to be proliferating either. Has there 
> been a general decline in demand for harps? 
> 
> In two stores I checked here in Denver, Marine Band harps were outrageously 
> expensive, like $42. In Guitar Center they are still about $28. Have the 
> margins become so thin that harps are no longer profitable for the big 
> retailers? I am curious about the micro-economics of it. 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Jp PagÃn wrote: 
> 
> > 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 
> > 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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