Re: [Harp-L] Interesting Guitar Center policies

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Note that most Hohner harmonicas are now in big cardboard boxes with fancy graphics that hang on display racks; you'd have to bust into the glued-shut box to get the harp out for testing. If your local non-chain shop will let you do this, it's a win for them.

The good news is that harps are better made than they once were and getting a bad one seems less likely than it once was.


When you encounter the no-test policy, simply explain that testing harps is a long-accepted and necessary practice and that you'll be buying your harps elsewhere. Then turn around and walk out.

Winslow Yerxa
President, SPAH, the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica
Producer, the Harmonica Collective
Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
            Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
            Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7
Resident Expert, bluesharmonica.com
Instructor, Jazzschool Community Music School


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From: Harp Explorer <harpexplorer1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 7:26 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Interesting Guitar Center policies


I found out today that Guitar Center, or at least the one I was near today,
won't let you use the tester on the harmonicas.