Masks4Music

We're OMG Music, a manufacturer and distributor of musical instrument accessories in Sheridan, Indiana. We make guitar straps for many different brands in the music industry, as well as our own which include Henry Heller Music and Lock-It Straps. Our customers are the independent music shops around the country. They have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Our factory has been re-tooled to begin production of semi-disposable masks that will be distributed to music retailers free of charge. Along with restaurants, specialty retailers have been among the hardest hit small businesses in the nation. Our goal is to provide these businesses and their employees personal mask protection so that they can stay safe and healthy while concentrating on getting back to providing the wonderful gift of music to our local communities and schools.

The design of the mask was inspired by Suay Sew Shop in Los Angeles, who tested materials for mask making and found that by using blue shop towels, they could make a mask that could block up to 95% of the particles they could test, while cotton masks only blocked 20% to 60%.

The funds raised will go directly to costs and supplies for providing these masks free of charge to those in need in our industry. Currently we have enough supplies to make a few thousand, but there are thousands of music retailers across the nation and we want to be able to offer them as much support as we can. Using our manufacturing economies of scale we can make these fast and inexpensively, so even a small donation goes a long way!