[Harp-L] What happened to Dave Payne at Elk River Harmonicas?

[MATTHEW CARELLO]

Looks like Dave got ill in 2010 and moved on.  I recall he was involved with Harrison Harmonica's at that time too.

https://harp-l.org/pipermail/harp-l/2010-January/msg01355.html


> On May 5, 2020 at 10:08 AM William Lifford <william.lifford at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I used to enjoy his posts; he was a really creative guy and very
> thoughtful.  Glad to hear he is well.
> 
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 8:55 PM Opus314 . <opus314 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I just ran across a 7 year old video by Dave Payne at Elk River Harmonica
> > where he used a pizza box with a reed cutout to demo how to work on the
> > harp... embossing, reed alignment, etc.
> >
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=dVFQFA4zfJo&feature=emb_logo
> >
> > What ever happened to Dave? I bought a couple of Seydel Blues Solist harps
> > from him many moons ago and we chatted on the phone a few times.
> >
> > I think he held a harp festival in his area and was a former school
> > teacher.
> >
> > Just wondering if he is still around the harmonica scene?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> 
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