In college we had regular meetings in a room that contained two small Irish harps. I fell in love with the look of them and took the first opportunity to hear what they sounded like (Susan Reed concert, small Irish harp). It was years before I could afford one, a used Troubadour. In order, I’ve played guitar, harp and banjo, sometimes with long hiatuses in between, and love them all, but if you put the desert-island scenario to me, the harp would win.