Category: Historical Makers

Are You an Orville-ite?

Sep 8, 2018

2018 is the 100th anniversary year of Orville Gibson’s death (August 19th) and I was recently...

Sep 3, 2018

Those of you who attended our 12th Harp Guitar Gathering in Idaho in 2014 will recall that (in...

Jul 29, 2018

Yeah, this is probably wishful thinking, but then again, it could be true. We’ll likely never...

Jul 21, 2018

…which is a fancy word for “I’ve got too much stuff, am completely out of room,...

Jul 20, 2018

Now in PDF format! Yes, readers – we’re trying something new. I’ve been...

Jul 7, 2018

I’ve been amassing a small trove it seems…most of these are discoveries from the last...

Jun 23, 2018

Most of you know that I’ve been pretty obsessed with Knutsen and his instruments since the 1980s....

Jun 10, 2018

This year, the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) held their annual meeting in Bethlehem,...

May 11, 2018

As you’ve often heard me say, one of the biggest perks of this harp guitar hobby is unearthing...

May 6, 2018

The world’s most elaborate and spectacular public display of harp guitars has ended. It was...