Category: Historical Players

Regal Find, or Royal Mess?

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...

Dec 19, 2010

Our story left off on Day 2, and now it’s evening. After dinner (every meal was 5-6 courses – I...

Dec 1, 2010

I just picked up this previously unknown sheet music title with an insert photo of our blog...

Nov 6, 2010

When we uncover new images of historical harp guitar players, I’m always curious about whether the...

Oct 28, 2010

That would be the Ossman-Dudley Trio, which a hundred years ago, some readers may recall, recorded...

Oct 27, 2010

I ran across this item again the other day. It’s an unusual article in The Cadenza from 1895 – a...

Oct 15, 2010

I recently received a digital copy of this beautiful, newly-discovered photograph of harp guitar...

Sep 26, 2010

Here are my most recent purchases from eBay. I thought I’d show them “actual...

Sep 25, 2010

This is the kind of thing I absolutely love about HG.net – to see, bit by bit, an illustrated...