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

[George Miklas]

I just had a telephone conversation with Dave Payne. He is doing alright,
but his website went down and he can't retrieve any of it.
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On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 6:25 PM Dan Axt <dapperdan at xxxxx> wrote:

> 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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