apparent.y you are too late to meet Mark Fackeldy...his obit is posted
in one of the threads mentioned here:
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=64703
his shop was:
Zephyrhill Autoharps
206 W Flora Street
Tampa, FL 33604-5415

maybe our "harpgirl" will chime in here?

youmight want to check out these festivals an dcamps focussed on autoharp

http://www.mlag.org/ in June...The 22nd Annual Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering will be held June 20-24, 2012
at Little Buffalo Family Campground Newport, Pennsylvania


or this one IN BEAUTIFUL ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA...
OUR 23rd YEAR!! Sunshaine State Acoustic Music camp
http://camp.cgmusicman.com/

or this in new york http://www.cranberrygathering.com/
i did not include the west coast gatherings, there are
ones in Cal, Ore,


http://www.cyberpluckers.org/festivals.php has a list of several
gatherings...perhaps someone at one of these camps will know
of an auto harp teacher in your area..

Have you looked at the music stores in Tampa for a teacher?

on this site:
http://www.cyberpluckers.org/teacherlist/index.html
i found this:
Florida
Charley Groth         Largo , FL
Phone: (727) 585-5678         E-mail: rainbowpr@juno.com
Rate: $20 per full hour lesson
Teaching Credits: College and professional background in music. Forty years of teaching music professionally. Many successful students including several state and regional championship winners. A fully developed, systematic method for teaching the playing of autoharp backup and leads by ear, from tablature, and from standard musical notation.
Bands or groups: The Jazz Channel; Old Friends; Sound Waves.
Other: Will provide some aspects of instruction via e-mail and/or snail mail with tapes.

good luck! happy harping!