About 500 harmonica players have descended onto the San Antonio River Walk for a convention with a single purpose: preserve and promote the fading use of harmonica in popular music.

The harmonica is the Rodney Dangerfield of musical instruments: It don`t get no respect. If that classic ad were true that ”they all laughed when I sat down at the piano,” just mention … ...

Lee Taylor, president of the Mile High Harmonica Club, plays a chord harmonica during a club meeting at Grant Street Community Center on Sunday. Taylor co-founded the club, which meets a couple of ...