America’s Last Harmonica Factory Closes In Rockford
Made here in the good old US of A as the old folks would say. No more. I'm not sure this closure is because of slow sales or foreign competition. My guess would be the former. Blues harp performers seem to have vanished over the years and that's not a good thing.
The last harmonica company in the U.S.is closing its doors in Rockford after just a year of business. Harrison Harmonicas opened America’s only harmonica production facility to produce its B-Radical line, which was marketed as “the Steinway of harmonicas.” The product was targeted to professional players -- a shrinking community outside of Chicago’s blues scene.
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