Category: Historical Makers

In Search of Genoese Harp Guitars, Part 2: Franco’s Surprise

Dec 11, 2010

Day 2, afternoon: I ended last week’s issue just as we entered Franco’s home. I immediately turned...

Dec 2, 2010

Well, the CD of Gathering photos is not here yet, but that’s OK – I don’t have time to get to it...

Nov 10, 2010

Here’s a timely piece of memorabilia: a postcard of our friendly neighborhood harp guitar thingy!...

Nov 3, 2010

And I’m sure you’ll come up with some other names yourself after examining the featured...

Nov 1, 2010

Here’s something you don’t see every day – two Maurer “Picasso” guitars side by side! A certain...

Oct 31, 2010

Here’s the second of those latest patent finds I mentioned a week ago. This one I purchased on...

Oct 25, 2010

The hardest part about these blogs is how to make the titles remotely interesting while still...

Oct 24, 2010

Here’s a story I want to do before it gets too old (it’s almost 2 months already). It’s taken me...

Oct 22, 2010

Had Guitar Player magazine existed in the 1920s, that’s how I imagine an ad in the back pages...

Oct 19, 2010

A busy weekend, this last – meeting and making two new friends. Friday evening we spent several...