Lock the Instrument Cases – Abaji’s in Town!
We had a great evening last night when multi-instrumentalist/ethnomusicologist/world musician...
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Of Umlauts and Other Aggravating Letter Symbols, with a Little Nomenclature Confusion Thrown in While I’m at it
Speaking of harp-lutes, as I was yesterday, Benoit (whom you will notice is not getting his weird...
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Harp Guitar Relatives: Recent Finds
Benoit discovered what must surely be the first modern version of a c.1810 Harp-Lute, built 200...
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Pikasso HG on a Budget
Brad Hoyt just found this video today…some guy who built his own Metheny-style...
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Happy Easter!
A beautiful southern Cal day, and the whole family had a successful egg hunt in the back yard. ...
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W. S. Ellis and His Hawaiian Orchestre
Here’s a rare photograph taken in Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania in September 1914. It was brought to...
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Steve Sedgwick’s U.K. Article
…looks great! I hope someone can send me a copy. Brad Hoyt sent me the tiny thumbs at left...
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Giulietti Update: New Instruments and First Discovered Recording!
An almost unknown (certainly in the States) family of harp guitar players and/or builders just 2...
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Important New Guitar History Books
The first book (received yesterday, shown above) is the long-awaited bible of American plucked...
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Bogen-Building
First off, I wanted to mention that I’ve now added both Jan Tuláček and Scot Tremblay to the...
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