Pictured above, front row, L to R: Maria Rindenello-Parker, Nancy O’Brien, David Kolacny, Jason Azem, Andrea Ventura, Davide Rosso, Peter Wiley, Rachel Galbraith, Hilmar Gusik; middle row: Juno Lin, John Papadolias, Maro Lejarre, Shoichiro Takiguchi, Ryan Skelly,...
W&W Musical Instrument Company, makers of Venus harps, announced in May that the company is shifting its business from building new harps to servicing and maintaining used instruments. The company will continue to produce special-order harps in addition to its...
Pasadena-based harp retailer Pacific Harps launched a fundraiser for their Harp in the Schools program, which works to provide harp lessons and rental harps to California schools. Following recent government budget cuts to public school music programs in the state of...
I first met Joris Beets when he came to the Dutch Harp Festival in 2014 to show off his new invention – the Delta harp. Since then, I've seen the instrument gradually gain attention in the harp world, eventually even winning over Salvi harps. Just recently, they...
Two new harp models were unveiled in January at the 2017 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show in Anaheim, Calif. Salvi Harps presented its newest model, the Delta, and Dusty Strings introduced the Mariachi. "The Delta puts together centuries of...
Pilgrim Harps is inviting harpists to share videos and donate to cancer research. Want to show your harp stuff and help a good cause at the same time? South-east England based Pilgrim Harps is sponsoring a video campaign to raise money for cancer research in memory of...
Harp maker Allan Shiers, founder of Telynau Teffi Harps, was named Maker of the Year at the recent Heritage Crafts Association annual conference in London on May 7th, 2016. The conference, entitled Craft Across Continents, focused on how craft and heritage is...
ShruDeLi Ownbey has announced her retirement from Lyon & Healy West. Ownbey—who was featured in Harp Column's March-April 2003 issue—has been Artistic Director at the Salt Lake City branch of Lyon & Healy for 15 years, during which time she oversaw retail...
The Virginia and Atlanta Harp Centers have announced that they are now carrying the Premier Harp Strings line of concert tension gut harp strings. The new line is compatible with all brands of concert-tension harps, according to the company. "We always strive to offer...
Camac Harps has announced plans for its second L'Academie Camac, to take place April 16–24, 2016, in the southern France town of Saint-Chamas. Isabelle Moretti will be the instructor for the week-long event, which is open to Camac clients age 18–30. Five artists will...
