MANITOWOC - Over its long history, the harp has been played by the famous and not-so-famous alike. Harpo Marx, member of the wildly popular comedic Marx Brothers, was known for his curly mop top and ...

For the past 25 years Micah and Shoshanna Harrari have been manufacturing Biblical style harps and lyres in their workshop. They spoke to Israel National Radio about how they began, why they do it and ...

Playing a harp can be an expensive hobby — a high-end instrument can cost as much as a car. A budget model, however, might not hold its tuning very well, which can make for a frustrating playing ...

When bushfires started threatening the Huon Valley in the far south of Tasmania in January this year, one local harpist wanted to help in a truly unusual way. “I lived through something similar myself ...

"It's never too late to start a new hobby," says 89-year-old Irish harp-maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the ...

Anderson measures the time taken to finish a harp, from the first cut of wood to final stringing, not in hours, but in cups of tea consumed. "To make a big harp, I've got to drink at least 800 cups.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A straightforward benefit concert or charity album wasn’t going to cut it. Not this time. No, given the urgency and severity of the problem, Yolanda Kondonassis felt the need to do ...

This half-pendulum half-harp musical instrument is the creation of New York based interactive design company, Pattern Studio. Dubbed "The Gravity Harp," it was commissioned by Icelandic musician Bjork ...

Eliza Ridgely, once the mistress of the Hampton estate in Towson, is best known as the “Lady with a Harp.” The original painting of that name, which is now in the National Gallery of Art, depicts a 15 ...