Links to Harp Guitar-related Sites
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Players
Muriel Anderson (TN) Stephen Bennett (VA) Larry Berwald (VA) John Doan (OR) Tim Donahue (Japan) Bill DutcherMichael Hedges (passed away) Stacy Hobbs (VA) Dan LaVoie (MA)Andy McKee (KS) Gregg Miner (CA) Rexjames (WA)Tom Shinness (Nashville) John Stropes (WI) Fred VandenbergAndy Wahlberg (FL) Adam Werner (CA) Morihiko Yasuda (Japan)
Simona Boni (Italy) Dennis Cinelli (Europe) Beppe Gambetta (Italy) James Kline (France) Riccardo Marasco (Italy) The Ensemble Strauss-Lanner, The Ensemble Johann Schrammel, Trio Kaffeehaus (Montreal) Roland Neuwirth & Extremschrammeln Original Wiener DonauSchrammeln John Schneiderman (Southern California) The Vienna Thalia Quartet (Austria) Ralph Brown (England. Dyer copy) R.E. Brune (Chicago, IL. The occasional custom classical or historical guitar with floating basses)Fred Carlson (Santa Cruz, CA. Harp-Sympitars for Jeff Titus, various new one-of-a-kind designs) Davide Castellaro (Italy. Acoustic and electric harp guitars for Paolo Giordano and others) Kerry Char (Portland, OR. Has made Dyer copy and has much experience with restoring and setting up harp guitars) J. Thomas Davis (Columbus, OH. Built a Dyer copy for Bill Dutcher) Mark Deering (St. Paul, MN.Custom harp guitar designs) Rich DiCarlo (Massapequa Park, NY. 8-string classical guitar with 2 unfretted basses) Tim Donahue (Japan. Makes his own electric fretless harp guitars) Mike Doolin (Portland, Oregon. Harp guitar for Muriel Anderson) Philippe Dubreuille (Bonnatrait, France. Electric for Ben Harper. Sympathetic guitars for others.) Michael Dunn (New Westminster, BC Canada. Builds various Knutsen-inspired instruments) Harry Eibert (Syracuse, NY. Dyer/Knutsen inspired harp guitar, ukes and mando) Jeffrey Elliott (Portland, OR) Ellie Erickson (electric harp guitars) Dave Evans (Brussels. Harp guitar for Pierre Bensusan) Luciano Faria (São Paulo, Brazil. Reproductions of c.1760 theorboed guitar) Mickey Fischer (creates his own hybrid harp guitars) Harry Fleischman Fritz Harich (Austria. Schrammel guitars: 2 models) Jim Hewett (Panorama Village, TX) Charles Hoffman (Minneapolis, MN) Mark Kaiser (Harp guitar for Eric Loy) Steve Klein (Linden, CA. Electric harp guitars for Michael Hedges and others) Bernhard Kresse (Cologne, Germany. Restoration and reproductions of Romantic era harp guitars) Pierre Lamour (France. Custom harp guitar designs) Del Langejans (Holland, MI. Harp guitar for Muriel Anderson) Bart Lawrence (Wenham, MA. An architect and furniture maker who also builds guitars, including an intriguing harp guitar)Leed's Guitarmaking School (director Ivon Schmukler supervised a student's copy Dyer copy) Linda Manzer (42-string Pikasso guitars for Pat Metheny and Scott Chinery) Lance McCollum (Colfax, CA) Peter McGilton ("exotic" electric guitars) Chris McKenna McKenna Flutes, Inc. Michael Menkevich (Elkins Park, PA. 33-string harp guitar for Fred Vandenberg) Merrill & Co. (Williamsburg, VA. Made Stephen Bennett's latest Dyer copy) Benoît Meulle-Stef (Belgium. Builds custom instruments and restores harp guitars) Orville and Bob Milburn (Sweet Home, OR) Morgan Guitars (Glen Morgan & daughter Alisa Everitt, OK) Duane Noble (Richland, WA) Ralph Novak (San Leandro, CA. Built Phil DeGruy's electric "Guitarp") Oakwood Instruments (Leeds, England. Martyn Banks & Gordon Hewson built an Eaton copy) Alan Perlman (San Francisco, CA. Two "arch guitars" for James Kline) Patrick Podpadec (Madison, Ohio. "Dreamcaster" for Brian Henke) Anthony James Powell (builds Knutsen-inspired instruments for his band) Steve Rolig Antonello Saccu (Built two reproduction Italian instruments for Beppe Gambetta) Michael Sandén (Sweden) Sandpiper Instruments/John Westling (Coquille, OR) Otto Schneider (Germany. Schrammel guitars) Stephen Sedgwick (London, England. Stephen is also a scholar of the harp guitar's history) Federico Sheppard (Green Bay, WI. 12-course Spanish guitar [3 floating basses] for Peter Lang) Charles Shifflett (Alberta, Canada) Takahiro Shimo (Tokyo, Japan)Ervin Somogyi (Oakland, CA) Gary Southwell (Nottingham, U.K. Scherzer copy and James Kline's first "archguitar") Ron Spillers (made Stephen Bennett's first Dyer copy) Leo Sprenger (Schrammel guitars: 2 models in different sizes) John Sullivan (Portland, OR. John Doan's original "20-string harp guitar") John passed away on April 21, 2007. We all will miss him. Dan'l Terry (Austin, TX) Mitsuhiro Uchida (Japan) Edgar Vila (Naples, FL. New harp guitar for Andy Wahlberg) Doug Whittier Glenn Wilson (Australia. Has an instrument based on a design concept by Fred Carlson - with Doolin-like double-cutaways) Steve Wise (Dyer-inspired harp guitar and harp-uke) Jim Worland (Rockford, IL) The following dealers have vintage harp guitars from time to time: Lark in the Morning (carries an inexpensive, entry-level quality Dyer copy, plus some vintage instruments) Players Vintage Instruments (Lowell Levinger) RetroFretVintage Instruments (Fred Oster, Philadelphia)
Curtis Daily of Aquila Strings Gamut Strings E. & O. Mari, Inc. Thomastik-Infeld (7 & 9 bass traditional "Kontragitarre" sets) Excel String Tension Calculator (created by Brian Boode of Roberto-Venn) Tuning Chart (John Doan's chart of several main harp guitar tunings)
Stewart-MacDonald (Various brands like 5-Star and Waverly) LSR Precision Tuners (Gearless Tuner, tuning Ratio 40:1) Allparts.com ("High Ratio Banjo Tuner for Banjo or Guitar" with ratio of 16:1. Also a much less expensive "Banjo Style Tuning Key for Guitar", 14:1 ratio.) www.acousticguitar.com (links to a luthier's bulletin board where Rick Turner and others discuss the Allparts 16:1 planetary tuner) Musicyo.com (Steinberger 40:1)
www.maxlinecase.com (makers of custom flight cases) Frets.com (Frank Ford's excellent "museum" photo archives include many harp guitars) MOMI (another "museum" with a couple rare harp guitars) Rainer Krause Collection of Antique Guitars - Rare - Curious Musical Instruments (a new web site, with more to come!) De Musica - Fondazione Antonio Monzino (incredible collection of Monzino's personal instruments) The Miner Museum of Vintage, Exotic & Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments (the collection of Gregg Miner, editor of this site, includes many harp guitars and related instruments) Larsons Creations (Robert Hartman's web site covers all Larson instruments, including Dyer and other harp guitars) Noe Enterprises (site of Tom Noe, co-author of "Chris J. Knutsen : From Harp Guitars to the New Hawaiian Family; History and Development of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar") Multi-Bass 7-string, 8-string, 10-string and 19th Century Harp Guitars (Nice article from Early Romantic Guitar player and historian Len Verrett) Heinrich Albert and the First Guitar Quartet (by Allan Morris) The Guitars of Mario Maccaferri (a Vintage Guitar article by Michael Wright, with mention of the Mozzani connection and "lyre" harp guitars) Polyhymnion This is a site that discusses the tradition of the Russian torban - an instrument similar to the harp guitar. Fascinating photos and history! Jazzgitarren This marvelous site is a treasure trove of ultra-rare German archtops. Also includes a few German (and other) harp guitars. International Guitar Research Archive This astounding collection of historical guitar music and literature resides in the Special Collections of the Oviatt Library on the campus of California State University, Northridge. Guild of American Luthiers (back issues of American Lutherie Journal available) |
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