Harp Info

Herewith some information on Celtic Harps from my ms (unpublished) "Locksley's E-Z Irish Harp Method (revised ed.) * WHERE TO BUY HARPS: Instrument Makers: Tucson Folk Shop Leo Folk Harps 415 N 4th Ave Tucson, AZ

Ogham Harps Ballygriffin, Kenmare Co. Kerry, Eire

Boulder Early Music Shop 2010 Fourteenth St Boulder. CO 80302

Walton's Galleries 2,3,4 & 5 N Fredrick St Dublin 1, Eire

Caswell Harps Box 1339 Forestville, CA 95436

Triplett Harps 2220 Suburban Rd Suite B San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Witcher Harps Box 1033 Houlton, ME 04730

Dragonwhispers Box 211 Mt. Laguna, CA 92048

Dusty Strings 3406 Fremont Ave No. Seattle, WA 98103

John Yule Camethy Cottage Silverburn, Penicuik Midlothian EH26 9LQ Scotland

Antique Sound Workshop Ltd 1080 Beacon St Brookline, MA 02146

Aoyama Harp 282 Stepstone Hill Guilford, CT 06437

Salvi Daphne 168 N Ogden Ave Chicago, IL 60607

Hallelujah Harps 1473 Acequia Barrada W. Santa Fe, New Mex. 87501

Heartland Strings 2692 Boston Rd Woodville, WI 54028

Hummingbird Instruments 212 Wayne NW Albuquerque. NM 87114

Nial Imbusch 13 Woodlawn Dr Dooradoyle Limerick, Eire

Magical Strings Box 4086 Seattle, WA 98104

Markwood 1250 NE 5th St Bend, OR 97701

Clive Morley Goodfellows Farm Filkins Nr Lechlade Gloucestershire GR7 3JG

England James Rydecki Box 1093 Meadow Vista. CA 95722

Sandpiper Folk Harps Box 29218 San Diego, CA 92129

Two Sisters Box 5703 Athens, OH 45701

Woodsong 1840 Acacia Dr Box 3955 Estes Park, CO 80517

Wold Song Box AD Panorama City. CA 91412-1030 WHERE TO BUY HARP CASES: Many of the listed manufacturers and retail oulets offer cases. The best cases available, however, are padded "gig-bag" affairs of nylon Cordura from: INSTRUMENT CLOTHIERS 6326 Ranier Ave South Seattle, WA 98118 (206) 723-9808

the Tucson Folk Shop also offers a nice case, as does Lark In The Morning. See above and below for adresses.

WHERE TO BUY HARPS: Retail outlets: Lark In The Morning PO Box 1176 Mendocino, CA 95460

Folkcraft Box 807 Winstead. CT 06098

Folk Mote Music 1034 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Grenadier Music Box 1128 Seneca. SC 29678

Harp And Dragon 25 Madison St Cortland, NY 13045

In The Tradition Box 223 Deer Isle, ME 04627

Loveland Harps Box 1101 Loveland, CO 80539

Lyon & Healey 168 N Ogden Ave Chicago, IL 60607

Pantile Press 2525 Eastside Ln Houston, TX 77019

Robinson's Harp Shop Box 161 Mt Laguna. CA 92048

Paradise Music 556 Paradise Ln Edmunds. WA 98020

Sue Richards 612 E Linfield Dr Rockville. MD 20852

Sylvia Woods Harp Center Box 29521 Los Angeles. CA 90029

The better Irish and Scots import shops sometimes have harps available.

About Harps: FOLK HARPS Gildas Jaffrennou; Model and Allied Publications Ltd. 1973 (how to build them yourself!) THE IRISH AND HIGHLAND HARPS R. B. Armstrong; Edinburgh, 1904 Facsimile edition: Praeger 1969 LCCCN: 74-96769 (sell your first-born child for this book!) "How To Buy A Harp" FRETS (period.) June 1989 (Vol. 11 No. 6) 20085 Stevens Creek Cupertino, CA 95014 ANNALS OF THE IRISH HARPERS C. Fox; Dutton AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY - HARP IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND Gunn; Constable HISTORY OF THE HARP J. Thomas; Hutchings & Rosner THE WELSH HARPER J. Parry; D'Almaie & Co. The Folk Harp Journal (Periodical) ISFHC 4718 Maychelle Dr Anaheim, CA 92807-3040 (714) 998-5717 * end * Joe Bethancourt White Tree Productions PO Box 35190 Phoenix AZ 85069

SCA: Ioseph of Locksley OL, OP, &c the Whyte Bard

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