The Early Gaelic Harp Conference

Early Gaelic Harp Conference :  June 11 & 12, 2011 in Boston, MA David Kortier and Ann Heymann have once again produced an extraordinary collaboration in building and playing a replica of the Bunworth harp, a high-headed instrument built around 1734 for the Reverend Charles Bunworth.  This harp resides at the Museum of Fine Arts in [...]

Visiting the O’Ffogarty harp

During my travels in Ireland, I visited the O’Ffogarty harp, a big, grand, 17th century low-headed instrument that resides in the upstairs room at the public library in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. How I itched to play a few of the bass strings on this enormous old harp.  The soundbox is massive at the base, [...]