The Guitarpa Finds a New Home
After decades of drooling, we finally got the chance to see and examine the fabled Gallegos...
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Cracking the Dyer DNA Code
In the field of American harp guitar history, there has always been three key – and very...
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Vega Harp Guitar
In the United States, some fifty-five different firms and individuals built harp guitars in the...
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Clouds: a New Themed Double Album from the Harp Guitar Collective!
Dear Readers, This one has been in the works since January 1st 2024, and due to arrive about...
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Max Monterosso: Featured Harp Guitar Luthier of the Month
Max Monterosso, who hails from a small town outside Padua, Italy, has been building harp guitars...
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A Visit With Jim Bollman
While not a harp guitar-specific post, today’s adventure will include a few hints of them,...
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AMIS Part 5: “Harp Guitar” Labeling: Have I Created a Monster?
This is the last in a series of my “AMIS Trip Report,” where I wrote about some of the people and...
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AMIS Part 4: Dawg and Acoustic America
In Part 3, I told a personal story of tracking down a French collector’s instruments at the...
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AMIS Part 3: The Raymond Zéliker Collection
Last week I shared some of the photos I took in the MIM galleries during our American Musical...
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AMIS Part 2: New Instruments and Some Old Favorites at the MIM
Greetings, friends: I started my 2024 AMIS Trip Report with a write-up on the people there, along...
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