Category: Historical Players

A Folder a Day…

Mar 11, 2011

…keeps me out of trouble, I guess. But first, a quick note of concern and hope that all harp...

Feb 28, 2011

Alas, only Knutsen made “Harp Hawaiian Guitars,” or as we now call them, harp steels....

Feb 26, 2011

After several years with Harpguitars.net and collecting/archiving hundreds of rare images of harp...

Feb 25, 2011

I can’t keep up with those boys – the historical harp guitar duo that no one remembers that keeps...

Feb 9, 2011

…with a little harp guitar thrown in! Confused yet? Good! This is a quick, harp guitar-centric...

Feb 7, 2011

This wonderful postcard shows French steel guitarist P. Platini (previously unknown to me), in all...

Feb 4, 2011

You all know by now that I archive any and all instruments made by harp guitar pioneer Chris...

Feb 1, 2011

This little gem – a medium-sized cabinet card – belongs to Connecticut luthier George Youngblood. ...

Jan 26, 2011

Among my ongoing discoveries in the recently-made-available archives of The Music Trade Review...

Jan 2, 2011

We left off on Day 3, already overwhelmed with wonderful instruments. After lunch (another...