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HARMONICA WEBSITES:

The Best Li'l Harp House
A complete harmonica store located in Bordentown, NJ that carries all the major brands of harmonicas (including TurboHarp!), accessories, lesson books and more.

HarmonicaClub.com
A non-profit organization that hosts a message forum and provides harmonica tabs, lessons, and notation.

www.BluesHarp.org
CD reviews, online jams, links to festivals, gear, and instruction.

The BluzHarp Site
Guide to the best blues harmonica and beyond. Interviews, product reviews, CD reviews and much more.

David Barrett's Harmonica Masterclass Company

Author David Barrett has published the highest quality and largest selection of blues harmonica instructional material available in today's market.  Material is available for all skill levels in book, CD, video and DVD format. The Harmonica Masterclass Workshop® is the most comprehensive educational program ever developed for blues harmonica
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Website of Art Daane
Variety of stories and links relating to harmonica history and culture.

Harmonica Players
A Web ring for harp enthusiast.


Harmonica Links.com-
Everything harmonica online-instructions, tips, store, links, etc.


The Blues Harp Page
"Devoted to the history and lore of Blues Harmonica."

Harmonica Lessons.com
425 pages of harmonica instruction!


Harp-L
"World wide electronic subscription mailing list for harmonipaths."


Jon Gindick's Harmonica Central

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If you have always wanted to play harmonica and are ready for some easy harmonica tab and very effective harmonica lessons with audio, search no further.

Pepe's Interactive Harp Corner

The purpose of this page is to provide harmonica players with some examples of harp playing. All sounds are recorded with a simple PC microphone and compressed into real audio or mp3 format.

Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica
(SPAH) The SPAH harmonica convention is held each year in August attracting attendees from all over the world.  The convention is for 5 days including seminars and endless opportunities to advance your harmonica playing.

Mike Will's Diatonic Harmonic Reference
 

Everything about the diatonic harmonica, from beginning tips to advanced techniques, with harp-related music theory, in-depth discussions, and sample sound clips of dozens of different techniques.

Jack's Harmonica Page

Free lessons and popular harmonica tabs including love songs and hymns.

P L A N E T     H A R M O N I C A
Free harmonica magazine for 'friends' of planet harmonica.


MUSICIANS:

Dennis Cooper

(The Harmaniac™) In August of 2001 he won 1st place in the diatonic division at the Yellow Pine, Idaho Harmonica festival. To hear a short clip of him using the AX-S20, click
here. See Dennis Cooper perform "Wabash Cannonball" on a TurboTwenty  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqne_6Gc9-k

Joe Powers
With his recent 4th place victory at the world harmonica festival in Trossingen, and solo performances in France, Germany, Serbia, and Canada, Joe is truly and up-and-coming harmonica musician.  Joe is available as a harmonica teacher, performer, and session musician.


Richard Hunter

World class harmonica player, author of Jazz Harp (Oak Publications, NYC, 1980), and composer of original works for harmonica, including
The Act of Being Free in One Act, the first full-length CD of works for unaccompanied harmonica ever recorded, and  The Second Act of Free Being, the CD that takes solo harmonica to a new level.


The Howard Levy Online Information Source

Pat Missin
                                                                                                                                                                                    
Can repair, modify, rebuild, design, write about, research their history, and teach people how to play them. I have served on judging panels at harmonica contests in the UK, Europe, and the US and given numerous workshops and seminars on all aspects of the harmonica.

Michael Peloquin
                                                                                                                                                                     Winner of the 1997 Hohner Harmonica World Championship, held in Trossingen, Germany. The site contains audio files, humor, instructional material, many great blues and harmonica links PLUS, the long awaited debut album, "House of Cards,"


HARMONICA ORGANIZATIONS:

Acoustical Society of America The Society is primarily a voluntary organization and attracts the interest, commitment, and service of a large number of professionals. Their contributions in the formation, guidance, administration, and development of the ASA are largely responsible for its world-wide preeminence in the field of acoustics.

SPAH The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica.  An international non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1963, with a database of over 3000 harmonica aficionados from around the world.

National Harmonica League -

is Britain's national harmonica club, with members world wide, supporting and encouraging the playing of all types of music on the chromatic, diatonic, tremolo, octave and chord harmonicas.

 


CUSTOMIZERS:

The Dude Harp  Steve Grimm (Optimal Tool Design) check out his Website for a complete list of Dude Harps created by Steve Grimm.

RW Designs  Home of the 24K gold plated harmonicas! 

HarmonicaGems  This site currently offers customized Gold and Chrome harps with various additional options such as Abalone, Mother of Pearl and Ivory overlays. Each of these customized harps is different from the next because each piece of overlay material has its own unique pattern.

HarpRepair  Rupert Oysler's TOP TECHNIQUES are clearly demonstrated with detailed demonstration and playing examples offered on 2 VHS tapes.  Rupert has been playing professionally since 1970.

Harley's Harps the place to Buy-Sell-or Trade your unique harmonica items.

Harmonica Microphones - www.shakermicrophone.net

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 DISTRIBUTORS:

France- Harmonicaland

UK -  Harmonicas-Direct

Germany -  Harponline

If you would like to inquire about becoming a distributor, please contact Beth McHenry at mchenry@turboharp.com