Contact Information
Here are the top custom diatonic harmonica craftsmen. Their harps are expensive,
but worth it! Joe and Richard make harps for many of the top pros,
and have brought the overblow technique into more and more widespread use.
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Joe Filisko (The Master diatonic harmonica
craftsman) (May not be accepting new orders right now.)
1313 Colorado Ave.
Joliet, Il 60435-3704
815/725-9095
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Richard Sleigh (Has worked with Joe.
Extremely good harps. Special 20/Marine Bands)
http://www.iul.com/sleigh/pricing.htm
RR1 Box 345
Philipsburg, PA 16866
814/342-5051
For custom tunings, set-up, and repair, contact
Here are the top repair persons for chromatic harmonicas:
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Steve Pruitt (Has worked and studied with Joe
Filisko and Richard Sleigh)
P.O. Box 280
Topeka, IN 46571-0280
(219) 593-3777
srpruitt@tln.net
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John Infande (Contact for Hering warranty work)
(Considered by many to be The Best.)
8506-E SW 93rd St.
Ocala FL. 34481
352-873-0303
Infande@praxis.net
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Bill Romel (Does it all, repair, customizing,
building, plating, covers, combs, diatonic or chromatic. Superb.)
Custom Craft Harmonicas, Ltd.
8524 Summer Vista Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
(702) 256-7470
romel@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~romel
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Dick Gardner (Also considered by many to be
The Best.)
harmonicats@juno.com.
For titanium combs for Hohner MS harps, contact:
For exotic hardwood covers for your Lee Oskar or Hohner MS diatonic, contact:
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Hardwood Harps LLC
100 B Easy Street, Suite B
Buellton, Ca 93427
Phone: (805) 686-2822
For top-of-the-line silver plated stainless steel 12-hole chromatics called
The Renaissance contact:
For a wide variety of custom chromatics including the CX-12 and
several variants, as well as diatonics, particularly with special tunings,
contact world-renowned player and builder:
For custom diatonics:
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Neil Graham
neilg@dynamite.com.au
Phone: + 61 (0) 2 44737392
553 Punkalla Road Central Tilba. 2546 N.S.W., Australia
For custom modifications and enhancements to the Hohner CX-12, contact:
For harmonic mics:
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Tom Ellis (Tom has tons of great vintage mic's. Highly
recommended.)
Tom's Mic's
Box 140093
Dallas, TX 75214
214-328-3225
http://qb.island.net/~blues/tomsmics.html
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Tim Norris (Repairs, mods, custom mics. Does work
for Tom Ellis.)
5481 Briarwood Drive
Aurora, IN 47001
812-926-1193
tnorris@seidata.com
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Ruskin Harmonica Mics (Smaller and lighter than bullet-style
mics, stylish chrome housing.)
Frank Ruskin
513 7th St.
New Brighton, PA 15066
(724) 847-3336
micdaddy@ccia.com
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Mr. Downchild (Vintage Mics, Mic Repairs and Modifications
)
216-932-6243. Call for brochure.
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Dennis Gruenling (custom vintage mics)
(732) 752-5737
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Rod Piazza Custom Mics and the "Harp King"
amplifier
P.O. Box 21004
Riverside, CA 92516-1004
http://www.kinder-instruments.com/
Publications
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Easy Reeding ( Hohner's Newsletter )
$10.00 for Lifetime Subscription
Send to:
Hohner, Inc.
P.O. Box 15035
Richmond, VA 23227-0435
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American Harmonica Newsmagazine
104 Highland Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49015-3272
(616) 962-2989
Subscription Info:
12 Issues(Bulk Rate U.S. Postage)--- $24.00
12 Issues(First Class U.S. Postage)--- $30.00
Back Issues: $1.00 Each
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HIP - Harmonica Information Press
Winslow Yerxa
203 14th Avenue
San Francisco CA 94118-1007
5 issues, each more like a specialized instruction book than a magazine
Hohner Harmonica Repair
Customer Service Department Hohner, Inc.
10223 Sycamore Drive
Ashland, VA 23005
(804) 550-2700