In 2012, Tim Meeks got a tap on his shoulder and a message that changed his life and his business: Stevie Wonder was coming, and wanted to hear the musical instrument Meeks invented.
Meeks, CEO of the small, Baltimore County-based manufacturer Marcodi Musical Products, was attending the National Association of Music Merchants conference in California, where he was demonstrating the Harpejji—a stringed instrument that Marcodi builds and sells.
Soon, Meeks was showing the “Higher Ground” superstar how to play, gently placing the blind musician’s fingers on the strings and frets and helping him find the notes; Meeks even tapped out a few bars of "Superstition" himself. Wonder ordered a Harpejji on the spot and invited Meeks to Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles for what became three days of lessons.
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