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

[Dan Axt]

I, too, was seeking contact with Dave about 6 months ago. I even posted 
an inquiry here on the list. Not a peep. Dave, where are you man? I 
found out where Frank Hutchison is buried. Dan Axt

On 5/5/2020 7:06 PM, Opus314 . wrote:
> How did you find him on Facebook? I looked for Dave Payne and David Payne.
>
> There are a number of similar names on Facebook.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 2:29 PM Venky Ramakrishna <jazzyvenky at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm facebook friends with him. He posts every week mainly his vegetable
>> garden, some historic stuff and some. Still the same guy I'd say.
>> Venky
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2020, 10:28 AM MATTHEW CARELLO <mcarello at xxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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