SFMS Resource List
Support Services
A roster of SFMS Members who are offering their talents to the public.
The Support Services category includes sound engineering, publicity, instrument sales and repair, and many other services.
The Chimneys
The Chimneys Violin Shop carries a large selection of violins, violas, celli, and their bows and accessories. We do artistic repairs and restorations on these stringed instruments and their bows. Our prices range from modest for the beginner to the best for the professional. All are handmade by Makers all over the world including those made here at The Chimneys. We rent school instruments to a large number of students within a radius of a couple hundred miles from our location.
We also conduct annual workshops sponsored by The Violin Makers Association of Arizona International, and have a violin-making apprenticeship program. Please contact us with your needs. We have just released our 4th book: The Chimneys Violin Maker's Workshop Book - IV.
The Chimneys Violin Shop, 614 Lerew Road, Boiling Springs, PA. Call 717-258-3203
Bob Hamilton
Bob Hamilton is capable of recording music (live performances) on professional equipment — D.A.T. and Neumann microphones.
Contact Bob at shaker (at) epix.net or 717-464-4614 or 717-733-7956
Randy Heisley-Cato
Randy Heisley-Cato plays clawhammer style 5-string banjo (also some guitar and harmonica). His talent is not so much as an instrumentalist, but as singer/song leader. He also has his own P.A. system. Old-time gospel songs are an area of special interest. See also Randy's entry under Musicians.
Contact Randy at asbury (at) pa.net or 717-486-8869
Beth Folkemer & Stephen Folkemer
Beth Folkemer serves on the Main Street Gettysburg Street Performance Committee.
Stephen Folkemer serves on the Music! Gettysburg Executive Committee.
The Folkemers also play with
Cormorant’s Fancy and
Folk and Friends.
Contact the Folkemers at bfolkemer (at) yahoo.com or 717-334-4334
John Hope
With more than 30 years of professional experience in communications and public relations, and experience as a performer, John Hope is available to assist performers with marketing communications, public relations, and management.
Contact John at jghope (at) worldnet.att.net or 717-238-4313
Tom Jolin
Tom Jolin is an experienced instrument maker, specializing in hammered dulcimer. He is a sought-after Pennsylvania Artist in Residence and spends extended times in various schools, assisting students with making their own school owned instruments. See also Tom's entry under Musicians.
Contact Tom at 717-642-8053
Jeff Lynch
Jeff Lynch is a working commercial filmmaker, and a devoted advocate of all forms of music. He serves on the board of the Blues Society of Central Pennsylvania, as well as the board of the chamber ensemble Concertante. He is also a member of the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz.
Jeff plays double bass and is particularly into playing deep traditional delta blues. As a filmmaker, he's capable of professionally documenting music performances with respect and sensitivity.
Contact Jeff at jeff (at) jefflynch.net or 717-233-1826
Midtown Scholar
Catherine Lawrence and Eric Papenfuse, owners of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore at 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg, host acoustic music / contemporary folk musicians/ singer-songwriters, with regular open mic nights.
Contact the store at cafe (at) midtownscholar.com or call 717-236-1680
Karen Lee Miller Newman
Karen Lee Miller Newman (AKA KLMN-tine) is a multi-talented artist who enjoys working with all ages. She has recently been offering after-school art classes for parents and children at Landis House in Newport, PA and some all day camps at The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art. Her art often uses recycled or found materials in a traditional-arts context, and ranges from percussion toys to pressed flowers to paper-folding. Karen Lee is also a performing musician.
Contact Karen Lee at 717-362-3711
Dr. George Orthey
All Orthey Autoharps (Dulci-Harps™) are made of the finest woods and incorporate a laminated maple pin block. They can be customized with select wood, body type, chromatic or diatonic tuning, and chord bar selection and arrangement. Hand-crafted and individually fitted to each instrument, Orthey chord bars are the quietest, smoothest, and fastest to be found today.
Orthey Instruments is located at 18 Burd Road, Newport, PA 17074
Contact George at 717-567-6406 or 717-567-9469, or go to OrtheyInstruments.com
Grayson Rech
Mountainside Audio, LLP - Grayson Rech is a full professional Class "A" Sound Engineer for a Live Stage Performance of any size (small indoor coffeehouse venue to large outdoor stadium performances). He has worked as the sound engineer for such folk icon performers as Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Ritchie Havens, Janice Ian, Roger McGuinn, B.B. King, John Hartford, The Smothers Brothers, and more. Closer to home, he's done the sound engineering at the Little Buffalo Arts Festival, The Whitaker Center, the Dickinson College Field House, and the Rose Lehrman Arts Center at HACC. Weekdays, he is responsible for A.V. Technology for the Carlisle School District. Gray is available in the Greater Harrisburg Area for events evenings and weekends through his partnership with his brother Jordan (Mountainside Audio, LLP). Professional References Available.
Contact Gray at 717-395-5345 or go to MountainsideAudio.com
Jordan Rech
Mountainside Audio, LLP - Jordan Rech is a full professional Class "A" Live Sound Engineer for Live Stage Performances of any size (small indoor coffeehouse venue to large outdoor stadium performances). But in a recording studio is where Jordan really shines! In addition to recording studio sound engineering, Jordan does first class simultaneous live stage performance professional sound recording engineering also. He has worked as a live sound engineer for such folk icon performers as Judy Collins, B.B. King, The Smothers Brothers, and more. Closer to home, he's done the sound engineering at the Little Buffalo Arts Festival, The Whitaker Center, the Rose Lehrman Arts Center at HACC, and the SFMS Coffeehouse Series at Fort Hunter. Jordan is available in the Greater Harrisburg Area for studio work and live events evenings and weekends. Jordan is available through his partnership with his brother Grayson (Mountainside Audio, LLP). Professional References Available.
Contact Jord at 717-829-1607 or go to MountainsideAudio.com
Blair Seitz
The Seitz Gallery displays over 100 framed photographs by Blair Seitz from the wealth of his Pennsylvania collection. The gallery also sells the Pennsylvania "richly beautiful" books of RB Books and notecards, all with Seitz photographs. Ceramics artwork of Crafts Reunion, hand blown glass by Alison Brubaker and art by African American artists are also displayed and sold in the gallery. Periodic art exhibits are included in the gallery in the Midtown Market District at 1010 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101.
Contact Blair at sales (at) blairseitz.com or 717-232-7944
Robert Smith
Robert "Bob" Smith is well known for his award-winning handcrafted lap (mountain) dulcimers. He makes an affordable, good-looking, great-sounding instrument, suitable for the beginner or accomplished musician. Bob lives and works in southern York County and is juried through the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Yorktowne Chapter.
Contact Bob at 717-229-2343
Maria Wilson Productions
Maria Wilson Productions is a full service talent agency located in Central Pennsylvania. We provide professional musicians and disc jockeys for weddings, corporate events and special events. Maria is also a well-known professional guitarist-bassist in our area. See her entry under Musicians.
Contact Maria at mariawilsonprod (at) yahoo.com or 717-564-2424 or 717-330-3185
