Buying a Harp : The Ultimate Guide
We (the harp community) are so glad you are considering buying a harp!
Welcome to the ultimate guide to buying a harp. At the end of this article, you will know …
Harp in the Fantasy Novel, Part 3
And Never The Twain Shall Meet
In Part 1 and Part 2 of my fantasy harp series, I compared harps in fantasy novels with harps in the real world, and at …
Buying a Harp? Check out the used harp market first!
Lately, I’ve been drooling over new harps. I’m definitely in the market to buy a newer, bigger, lever harp with a brighter tone, and tighter string tension. Unfortunatly, it’ll be …
Harp in the Fantasy Novel, Part 2
Let me take this opportunity to disabuse you of a few notions. If you were to try stealing my harp, it would not cry out, “Stop thief!” It would, however, …
Harp in the Fantasy Novel, Part 1
I must confess that I’m carrying some baggage. As a devout fantasy fan and a long-time harp player, in this three-part post I hope to both pour out years of …
Three Places to Find a Harp in St. Paul/Minneapolis
Updated 2024
Harps at Musicmakers
This lovely music shop, located in Stillwater, MN just off of Hwy. 36, has been around for over 30 years. Three of my lever harps come …
I played a Triple Harp!
I met baroque harpist Nanja Breedijk at a master class in France several years ago and had an opportunity to play her triple harp. Whenever I shifted my head the …
#Harp Prices Sure Have Gone Up
I was reading old copies of the magazine “The Musician” from 1913 and I came across this advertisement from Lyon and Healy. Take a look at those prices: one double …
What’s in a String?
There is a ballad that tells the story of two sisters who loved the same young man. One day the eldest sister pushed the other into the river. The sister’s …
Baby Harp Enters the Family
Last week I bought a new harp! Owned originally by a friend’s mother’s husband’s tenant, it was built one year before I was born.
It is about three feet high, and …