Payne Management: Lester Payne’s Endless Ensembles
I miss my little title puns…gotta find a way to do more of those… I received this great new Lester...
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12-String Guitar, Meet the 1901 Harp Guitar
Well, this was a nice discovery. Finally, someone scared up an original Bruno catalog from the...
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Dyer 8 x 2: Cataloging the Most Coveted of Harp Guitars
…in which I get us up-to-date on the continuing saga of all the known surviving Dyer Style 8 harp...
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Groove Jazz Harp Guitar and Other New Music
Well, the first task I’m catching up on after the month-long series on my France trip is something...
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A Visit with Jean Michel Renard
It’s now mid-morning on Wednesday, May 8th, the final full day of my France tour…...
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A Visit with Sinier de Ridder
I left Philippe in Amboise shortly after 3 in the afternoon of a spectacular day. I was headed to...
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A Day with Philippe and Leonardo Da Vinci
At the end of the harp guitar festival (the first and hopefully not last in France!), most of the...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 3
Besides the two public harp guitar concerts, the festival featured a small Luthier exhibit,...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 2
After the Festival’s day of prep, it was time for… The Concerts: I’ll lump them both...
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Festival International de Harpe-Guitare, Part 1
It was about a year ago that I heard from my French friend Philippe Fouquet about a local...
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