Category: Historical Makers

The National Music Museum

May 29, 2016

Geek out! Besides the Harp Guitar Gathering, one of the best weeks of the year for an instrument...

May 14, 2016

Last week I took you behind the scenes at the Brussels Musical Instrument Museum as Benoit...

May 6, 2016

A couple of weeks ago, Alex Timmerman (who incidentally is one of the very few serious harp guitar...

Apr 23, 2016

This is a fun one! My friend Joe Morgan spotted the intriguing cover of this book one...

Apr 3, 2016

Slipper guitar, that is. I surreptitiously snagged this off eBay last September – a rare Chris...

Mar 18, 2016

I’m pleased to announce “Secrets of Taraffo” – a new half hour documentary on the...

Feb 27, 2016

One hundred and two years, to be precise. The story: In 1988, I bought a copy of the Third Edition...

Feb 12, 2016

Here’s an interesting one! My friend Guy DeVillez sent me pics of this awhile back and I had to...

Jan 29, 2016

This is going to be just a quick blog on this year’s NAMM in Anaheim, as my visit was very...

Jan 10, 2016

Double your courses, double your inventory, double your fun! I can safely say that growing up I...