Category: Historical Players

Harp Guitars in Neapolitan Band Postcards

Feb 1, 2026

The above book was recently released by new colleague Goffredo Plastino, a musicologist at...

Oct 6, 2025

Today, we add a new country to my World Harp Guitar Map (remember how I used to tell that complete...

Sep 16, 2025

The latest Featured Player on Harpguitars.net is virtually unknown but is possibly one of the most...

Mar 24, 2025

Harp guitars at Carnegie Hall? Believe it or not, yes! 113 years and counting! The latest? Why,...

Feb 2, 2025

My article on the famous maker was offline for several years, as it had become a convoluted mess....

Oct 4, 2024

After decades of drooling, we finally got the chance to see and examine the fabled Gallegos...

Jun 29, 2024

This is the last in a series of my “AMIS Trip Report,” where I wrote about some of the people and...

May 14, 2024

Greetings, Bohmann aficionados! I’ve just finished an update to get all the recent years of...

Apr 17, 2024

Readers of my book Floating Strings: The Remarkable Story of the Harp Guitar in America will...

Dec 5, 2023

Click on the image for a new Historical Players Feature. This one introduces a previously unknown...