Category: Contemporary Luthiers

In Search of Genoese Harp Guitars, Part 4: A Visit to Pio Montanari & Alberto Giordano

Dec 26, 2010

Our story left off in the evening of Day 2, exhausted in our hotel room. We woke bright and groggy...

Dec 22, 2010

After 100% safe shipping, all but one of my customers has now weighed in (the last lives in Mexico...

Dec 12, 2010

Saturday was a loooooong day. I left at 7:30 in the morning and got home at 3 in the morning. ...

Dec 10, 2010

Just got a reply to my newsletter from Mr. Sánchez. He’s definitely someone I’d like...

Dec 9, 2010

Alas, not a harp guitar as I had inferred, but still an amazing invention that opens up an...

Dec 4, 2010

The Powell brothers, that is! But this time, they’re here to stay – yikes! Jaci and...

Dec 3, 2010

We had another great showing of some wonderful instruments, including several “firsts”! This...

Nov 30, 2010

I was about to continue my series on the Harp Guitar Gathering (with Luthiers), but see that I...

Nov 20, 2010

We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog series on HGG8 (much more to come!) to bring you this...

Nov 19, 2010

Muriel has missed only one Gathering since its inception – last year’s when she was at a Slack Key...