Category: Historical Makers

The James Shaw Family: A Hawaiian Musical Dynasty

Nov 13, 2020

Dedicated readers of Harpguitars.net have seen many images and features over the years on Harp...

Nov 11, 2020

Note, 11/13/2020: I revamped this post after receiving much feedback from luthiers about black...

Oct 15, 2020

Today – October 15 2020 – we learned that our dear friend Franco Ghisalberti passed away. He was...

Oct 3, 2020

NOTE: vHGG18 begins October 17th at 1:00 EASTERN TIME. For my California friends, that means 10...

Sep 18, 2020

Another boon for researchers! Just the other day an AMIS pal of mine (Jayme Kurland) announced to...

Sep 13, 2020

Most readers have seen Eddie Peabody’s fascinating turn playing plectrum-style tremolo harp...

Aug 24, 2020

Well, getting there! Readers know from my book and PDF on the mandolins that there were probably...

Jun 5, 2020

The last print copies of the exhibit catalog I wrote for our Carlsbad exhibit 3 years ago are long...

May 29, 2020

I suspect that few outside of Russia have seen the rare harp guitars and related instruments that...

May 8, 2020

Once again, I find my music desk backlogged with towering piles of new information and images of...