In Search of Genoese Harp Guitars, Part 9: A Day in Paradise
I hope everyone enjoyed last week’s look at one of the local Genoese guitar denizens...
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Have I Mentioned That I Still Hate Wikipedia?
Oh, not all of it, by any means – and yes, I’ll often use it for quick checks on all sorts...
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Knutsen vs. Knutson
Well, Knutsen would of course be Johan Christian Kammen (Chris), the inventor of our American...
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A Regal by Any Other Name is Still a Royal Pain
Following up on the Regal harp guitar story of yesterday: I’ve always held Wulschner/Regal...
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Regal Find, or Royal Mess?
Among my ongoing discoveries in the recently-made-available archives of The Music Trade Review...
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In Search of Genoese Harp Guitars, Part 8: Marco, the Guitar Collector
Day 4, as you recall, was a casual day with Franco’s family and friends, and later,...
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New Luthiers, Part 4
This will get me (and thus, you) pretty much up-to-date with the latest harp guitar discoveries...
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Nate Has Fat Fingers
Well, he does! Brand name, that is. Nate Blaustein just got his Hewett harp guitar back from a...
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The Incredible Harp-Violins of Arthur Ferris
Lynn Wheelwright (electric guitar historian and collector) sent me this wonderful article from...
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More on Bending, or Arching, or whatever…Guitars
It seems Benoit was holding out on me! After reading my post on Bogengitarres, he sent me some...
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