Category: Historical Makers

J. Hopkins Flinn: America’s First Harp Guitarist?

Jan 25, 2014

Never heard of him? Neither had I. No one has. He’s not only the earliest named harp guitarist...

Jan 12, 2014

A couple months back, this beautiful c.1895 cabinet card sold on eBay (for a record price). I was...

Jan 5, 2014

“I have Dr. Boris Perott’s Russian Harp Guitar.” That was the curious, intriguing subject...

Oct 27, 2013

As I wait for photos from our Certified Harp Guitar Photographer Chuck Thompson, I’ll jump...

Oct 5, 2013

By now, you all presumably know my feelings about Wikipedia (my last rant is here). Yes, I try to...

Sep 15, 2013

Riddle me this: What’s More Outrageous than a Harp Guitar with a Tree-of-Life Fingerboard? A harp...

Aug 17, 2013

Well, it’s taken over a hundred years, but the world now has its first glimpse of the most famous,...

Aug 7, 2013

What does one do with a now-useless Gibson harp guitar missing its entire bass section? Turn it...

Jul 28, 2013

This story is just fun on so many levels! Fretboard Journal’s Michael Simmons sent me this...

Jul 20, 2013

Sometimes these blogs just get out of hand! Case in point: The harp guitars of F. E. Coulter. ...