The Phoenix Harp Center (PHC), which serves the harp community in the Southwest United States, will transition to new ownership, effective Jan. 1, 2025. According to a press release, PHC co-owners Stephen R. Hartman (a longtime harpist) and Willard E. White have...
Lyon & Healy has announced that it will move to a new location within the Chicagoland area in 2025. “With the increased demand for Lyon & Healy instruments, we simply need a larger factory space,” the Chicago harpmaker says. Founded in 1864, Lyon & Healy...
Salvi Harps and Lyon & Healy Harps have announced a new line of natural gut pedal harp strings, Sipario GutGold strings. The strings are available individually or in octave sets from Lyon & Healy/Salvi using the string selector on the company’s website. For...
Harp·E has announced its new electro-acoustic harp, developed by London-based Dutch designer and harpist Joris Beets in partnership with the Leerorkest, an Amsterdam-based nonprofit organization providing musical instruments to over 5,000 children. Harp·E has already...
Salvi Harps and Lyon & Healy Harps have announced a new line of pedal harp strings, Sipario BioCarbon strings, made from a bio-plastic derived from sugar-cane. According to Lyon & Healy/Salvi, these strings have a bright tone with powerful acoustic projection...
The Salvi Electra, now available from Salvi Harps, comes with 48 pickups: one for each string, plus one for the soundboard. The soundboard pickup is designed to capture not only the harp’s overall vibration, but also any percussion effects using the harp’s wood. A...
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, French harp maker Camac Harps reveals a new harp model, the Jubilé. The harp features an asymmetrical and multifaceted column and base, with geometric soundboard decoration. Camac’s president, Jakez François, sketched the new...
Camac Harps will launch the fifth season of its online concert series Les Jeudis de la Harpe on May 5. The free concerts will be livestreamed on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. CET on Camac’s YouTube channel, and will remain online for audiences in other time zones. The...
Canadian actor, artist, and writer Rajiv Surendra recently toured Lyon & Healy’s Chicago factory to create a video about harpmaking for HGTV Handmade's YouTube channel. The video explores each step of harp assembly: building a harp’s body and soundboard, carving...
Lyon & Healy Harps and Salvi Harps, Inc., announced the closure of the Salvi Harps, Inc., retail location in Los Angeles, Calif., as of Dec. 22, 2021. Due to significant renovation of the building, Lyon & Healy/Salvi will no longer be able to safely display...
