Best place to buy a harmonica?

[TomK]

This is for a friend of mine who is on the island for a few months working on a construction project. His harmonica is now broken and he wants to buy a new and decent quality replacement.

Anyone with any suggestions of where to start looking in Hilo or Puna?

Thanks!

[dan d]

Downtown a few musuc shops mabe agasa has some. Im down there today and will look for ya. Lets get together and jam, i play flute
Aloha


HPP

[birdmove]

For those who don't know, Hilo Guitar was bought by someone else. He slightly changed the name of the place. It was Hilo Guitar and Ukulele. Now it's called Hilo Ukulele and Guitar, as the seller didn't want the buyer to use the same name. They have nowhere near the stuff that the original store had.

Here is a couple of music stores in Hilo.

http://www.bigislandguitars.com/

The other is Music Exchange at:

792 Piilani St.
Hilo, Hawaii 96720

(808) 961-3363

Maybe have your friend call ahead and ask if they stock harmonicas.

I envy your friend because he plays such a compact instrument. I started off playing drums, and switched to guitar. I'm a hack. I started playing the "penny whistle", or tin whistle, and the fife, and recorder maybe a year ago, just as a hobby. Amazing what can be played with the tin whistle with only six fingering holes.

I'm getting back into guitar after having not even touched one in maybe 3-4 years. Building up new finger callouses now.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[TomK]

dan_d - I won't be jamming with you, I suggest you re-read my post.

Jon - thanks! I've passed that on. I think he tried Big Island Guitars without success but neither of us were aware of music exchange.

[hikatz]

A friend bought their harmonica from https://www.harmonicastore.com/harmonica-accessories

Also, check Walmart they sell harmonicas, not sure if they have any in stock at this time. You can order from their website and return to the store which is convenient.

https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/hohner-harmonicas