WGN's Own Plays FlashHarp On-Air!

We interrupt normal blog posting to bring you this news story. WGN's own Steve Sanders was seen playing the FlashHarp® harmonica USB flash drive (very well, I might add) on his noon newscast today. Lindsay Roberts on the WGN-TV Midday News - WGN

The History of the Harmonica Tells a Horatio Alger Story.

The headline reads like this: "Small Pocket Instrument Moves West, South. Finally Gets Big Break in the 'American Sound.'"

The harmonica was not highly regarded in the beginning in the U.S. but rather was looked upon as of lowly status.

Paradoxically this caused widespread experimentation.

Following 1862, "serious artist" expectations (in dark glasses and biker garb) eventually crept in.

But success is a double-edged sword for all pop icons and our diminutive hero proved not to be impervious. As a result, many who picked up an old single-purpose harmonica gave up, only to put the thing in the back of a drawer.

Fortunately, the advent of the dual-purpose FlashHarp gives the harmonica a much-needed second wind. FlashHarp buyers are liberated from its high expectations by virtue of its USB/flash-memory utility (e.g., it can store digital documents, pictures, videos, music, you name it).

Instead of diminishing the harmonica, FlashHarp's dual purpose has turned out to return the instrument to its former glorious, popular, lowly status.

For hundreds of new-breed type user-players this comes as good news, indeed.

Buy a 2, 4 or 8GB FlashHarp now at the BackyardBrand store on Etsy, the "all things handmade" Web site. You'll find valuable links to demos and additional articles there as well.

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