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In the year 2000, a new site called
harpguitars.com appeared on the web, the brainchild of Don Adams, a web designer and harp guitar aficionado.
Including the first-ever public forum for harp guitar players and collectors, it
featured a potpourri of harp guitar topics, and was imagined as the future
central web location for everything related to the harp guitar. Unfortunately,
after just two years, Don had to abandon the project, and it went offline by
2003. The Manifesto is simple, and all inclusive:
The size and scope of these goals necessitates two things: Subscriptions (see
below) and Contributions. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to submit articles,
material,
images, ideas, and especially ongoing maintenance of current links and
incorporating new information. Gregg Miner
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Don Alder Current Subscribers: 2009
And thanks to these past subscribers! |
Harpguitars.net is an historical and educational, no ads, banners or pop-ups, subscriber-supported site. In all ways except legal Tax Exemption status, I operate it as a "not-for-profit" site. All donations are held in a special account and used to fund the following: Monthly domain cost, registration fees, site development, image use fees and photograph duplication paid to libraries, museums and private collectors, and research fees. These are all fees paid to other professional services, not my own. If funding from readers continues to be received, this site can theoretically run forever! Except for posting on the Forum and the Members Only Section, this is a no-restricted-access site. Subscriptions are voluntary, but if you use this site for research, news, links, or entertainment, please pledge your support by subscribing as follows below. For security reasons, Forum users are required to register through the subscription process, and provide their full name and email for verification. Non-registrants will be able to read messages, but not reply or post. Yearly Subscription: $10. Each paid subscriber will be automatically eligible for Forum registration, receive the current Members Only Section password, and if desired, request a CD of the entire site at minimal cost. As updates, corrections and improvements are continual, I will offer the CD at the start of each new year. All active subscribers may request this yearly update. Unauthorized duplication of hardcopies (or any material posted on this web site) is strictly prohibited. Better yet - become a Lifetime Patron! $100 covers your commitment for life, ensuring that you won't have to put up with my yearly harassing request for a donation.
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This site is designed for, and best viewed at 1024
x 768 Display setting.
Thanks to the availability of new larger and cheaper monitors, I
am designing
this site for this resolution to fit more images and information on the screen (The
Knutsen Archives portion was designed for an 800 x 600 pixel
screen). If you haven't already, I highly recommend upgrading
to a 17", 19" or larger monitor (which you can do now
for under a hundred bucks)! Here's
how to check or change your settings.
Additionally, many of the full-size
images are sized to expand well beyond, not only an 800 x 600 display,
but a 1024 x 768 display (for study). If your defaults are sizing these
to fit the screen. and you want to turn off this feature, here's
how. |
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Gregg Miner has been fascinated by
harp guitars since the early 1970s. He purchased his first instrument
(the 1916 red sunburst Gibson) from R.C. Snoddy of Costa Mesa in 1983
for $1500, which took him several years to pay back on his VISA loan. He
fell in love with the harp guitars of Chris Knutsen when he found his first one in 1988. Miner’s other musical hobbies include an entire museum of plucked stringed instruments and recordings made with a hundred of the instruments, which can be seen on his personal web site, www.minermusic.com. His many non-musical interests, you just wouldn't believe. He spends his days incognito as a Northrop Grumman manufacturing engineer. |
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