Harp Guitar & Related Articles

History Players Luthiers The Harp Guitar Gathering and other Events Books & Articles: Bibliography

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All articles by Gregg Miner, unless otherwise noted


What is a Harp Guitar?
"Harp Guitar": What's in a Name?
(Members Only access)
Harp Guitar Patents 
Harp Guitar Tunings

Harp Guitar Timeline of Significant Events (Members Only access)
Encyclopedia of Harp Guitar Players of the Past 
Fretted Harp Guitars

Harp-lutes
 
Harpolyres
 
Mixed Family Hybrids & Other Related Forms
 
Lyre Guitars & Related Instruments
 
Extended Range Guitars
 
Super-Trebles: To Infinity and Beyond
(Members Only access)

Makers Articles

Altpeter Harp Guitar and Double-Harp Ukulele
The Harp Guitars of Joseph Bohmann
Dyer Harp Guitars: The Knutsen-Dyer Connection
The Dyer Harp Mandolin Family and Knutsen’s Influence
 
The Mysterious Five-Course Harp Mandola
The Harp Guitars of Settimio Gazzo and Other Genoese Luthiers
The Gibson Harp Guitar by Benoît Meulle-Stef 
Tullio
Giulietti and Sons by Roger Belloni, edited by Gregg Miner 
Harwood Harp Guitars 
The Lacôte Harp Guitars

The Harp Guitars of Mario Maccaferri (Harpguitars.net Members Only)
May Flower Harp Guitars
Harp Guitars and Related Instruments of Monzino & Sons
Marvelous Mozzani! The Incredible Harp Guitars of Luigi Mozzani
Harp Guitars of the Chinery Collection 
The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar
 
Frank E. Coulter Harp Guitars and Other Stringed Instruments
 
Milanese Master Luthier Luigi Galimberti
 
Tony Biehl, a Harp Guitar Manufacturer Ahead of His Time


Featured Harp Guitar of the Month Series

"Harpe-guitare," catalog # 1550 in the Brussels Musical Instrument Museum
A Portuguese Knutsen?!

The Bohmann Monster

Lyon & Healy's Monster Bass Harp Guitar

A Dyer Detective Story
Harp Ukuleles 
Another 1-of-a-Kind Knutsen Convertible

Harp Guitar: Hybrid with a Heritage by Duncan Robertson (from Frets Magazine, November, 1979)
The Oldest Extant Gibson Harp Guitar by Gregg Miner with Benoît Meulle-Stef
The Mystery Maccaferri
America’s First True Harp Guitar
"Chitarra monumentale"and its relation to the Gazzo harp guitars of Pasquale Taraffo
The Shutt Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar
A Unique Lacôte Décacorde by Françoise Sinier de Ridder, with Gregg Miner
Lacôte / Coste Heptacorde by Bernhard Kresse, edited by Gregg Miner 
Stephen Bennett’s Great-Grandfather’s Dyer 

The House of Stathopoulo Harp Guitar
by Paul Fox 
The Grunewald Harp Guitar

The Behee Lyric Harp Guitar
 
The Petzval-Scherzer Guitharfe
 
Weymann Harp Guitar with Double "Tree of Life" inlay 
The Harp Guitar of Boris Perott 
Tony Biehl Harp Guitar: Ahead of Its Time
 
A Short History of the Modern Archguitar
 
Dyer Harp Mandolins and the Symphony Harp Plectral Ensemble
 
The Harp Guitars of Emilio Calamara
 
The Paul Gardie/Harmony Orchestral Harp Guitar

Harp Guitar Player of the Month Series, Historical

Heinrich Albert and the World's First Harp Guitar Quartet
Italo Meschi, the Last Italian Troubadour 
Chris Knutsen: Harp Guitar "Triple Threat"
Neil G. Christian: The Harpguitar: Its History and Its Only Practitioner (from Guitar Player, March, 1976)
Mario Maccaferri, Concert Harp Guitarist
Pasquale Taraffo: The World's Greatest Harp Guitar Virtuoso by Franco Ghisalberti & Gregg Miner
Albert Shutt and the Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar 
Tullio
Giulietti and Sons by Roger Belloni, edited by Gregg Miner 
Maccaferri, Revisited
 
George Dudley, America’s Most Famous Unknown Harp Guitarist
 
Black Harp Guitar Players 
James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra
Roy Butin, Revealed!  
The Harp Guitar of Boris Perott  
The Legacy of the Cera Brothers
 
Vardon, Perry and...Wilbers?
 
Søffren Degen by Thomas Nielsen 
Emilio and Emily Calamara: A Tale of Two Musicians by Sheri Mignano Crawford

The Knutsen Archives 

Knutsen Stringed Instruments: Categories, Styles & Terminology
Chris Knutsen's Patents
Harmony in the Family by Jean Cammon Findlay
What’s in a Name?
by Jean Cammon Findlay
Knutsen Residences Today
by Jean Cammon Findlay 
Does Chris Knutsen Have Living Descendants?
by Jean Cammon Findlay 
Chris Knutsen: Vignettes of a Life
by Jean Cammon Findlay 
Steamboats: How Chris Knutsen Traveled around Puget Sound by Jean Cammon Findlay 
Lester Payne’s Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra

Otto Anderson
 
Otto Anderson, Instrument Maker for Chris Knutsen
by Jeanette Detlor
Otto Anderson Violin
 
Exploring the Knutsen - Anderson Connection
 
Ingman Ivar Strum
 
Bert Amend & the One-Armed Musicians
 
Dyer Harp Guitars: The Knutsen-Dyer Connection
 
The Dyer Harp Mandolin Family and Knutsen’s Influence
 
The Mysterious Five-Course Harp Mandola
 
A Dyer Detective Story
A Knutsen Bass Guitar? 
Harp Ukuleles 
Another 1-of-a-Kind Knutsen Convertible
 
Chris Knutsen: Harp Guitar "Triple Threat"

The Knutsen-Weissenborn Connection by Gregg Miner, with Jonathan Kellerman


Harp Guitar Player of the Month Series, Contemporary

Phil deGruy: Limitless Guitar 
Michael Hedges
by Nate Blaustein 
Phil deGruy, Revisited!
 
So who exactly IS Brin Addison and why is he suddenly Harp Guitarist of the Month?

A Short History of the Modern Archguitar

Harp Guitar Player of the Month Series, Historical

Heinrich Albert and the World's First Harp Guitar Quartet
Italo Meschi, the Last Italian Troubadour 
Chris Knutsen: Harp Guitar "Triple Threat"

Neil G. Christian: The Harpguitar: Its History and Its Only Practitioner (from Guitar Player, March, 1976)
Mario Maccaferri, Concert Harp Guitarist
Pasquale Taraffo: The World's Greatest Harp Guitar Virtuoso by Franco Ghisalberti & Gregg Miner
Albert Shutt and the Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar
George Dudley, America’s Most Famous Unknown Harp Guitarist
Black Harp Guitar Players 
James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra
Roy Butin, Revealed! 
The Harp Guitar of Boris Perott
The Legacy of the Cera Brothers 
Vardon, Perry and...Wilbers?
Søffren Degen by Thomas Nielsen 
Emilio and Emily Calamara: A Tale of Two Musicians by Sheri Mignano Crawford

After Six:  Player's Tips by Stacy Hobbs

Playing Out, Part 1: WHY?  
Playing Out, Part 2: WHEN?

Playing Out, Part 3: WHERE?

Getting Started

For Beginners

Rolling Through

To Ring, or Not to Ring
 

In a Pinch
 

“CAGED” at Last
 
Pickin' Low
 
"Low Down Leo"

"Making Musical Choices"
by Stephen Bennett
Playing the Harp Guitar by John Doan (from Frets Magazine, Sept, 1988)
TD ELECTRIC HARP GUITAR APPROACH
by Tim Donahue
The "Expanded" Harp Guitar: Adding Possibilities with Super-Trebles by John Doan

Miscellaneous

Harp Guitar Tablature: In Search of A Standard by Nate Blaustein and Gregg Miner
Harp Guitars at Healdsburg by Frank Doucette
Harp Guitarists Visit Alex de Grassi's Weekend Guitar Workshop by Gregg Miner


Harp Guitar Luthier of the Month Series

Harp Guitars at Healdsburg by Frank Doucette
Stephen Sedgwick by Brad Hoyt

Arpa Viola Caipira, Part 1: Genesis and Design by Brad Hoyt
Arpa Viola Caipira, Part 2: Construction and Innovation, featuring Luthier Stephen Sedgwick by Brad Hoyt
Harp Guitars at the Guild of American Luthiers 2006 Convention
William Eaton: Instruments for the New Age (from Frets Magazine, January, 1983)
Shopping For the Perfect Harp Guitar by Frank Doucette
Birth of a Harp Guitar: The Story of Wingert HG1-0207.I.M.4 by Frank Doucette
The "Expanded" Harp Guitar: Adding Possibilities with Super-Trebles by John Doan
Albert Shutt and the Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar 
Non-Standard Scale Harp Guitars
Meet the (Harp Guitar) Maker: Woodley White

A Short History of the Modern Archguitar


The Harp Guitar Gathering

The Harp Guitar Gathering, Nov 1 & 2, 2003
Trip Report: The 2nd Annual Harp Guitar Gathering by Fred Carlson
The 3rd Annual International Harp Guitar Gathering by the Participants
The 3rd Annual International Harp Guitar Gathering: Schedule of Events
The 4th Annual International Harp Guitar Gathering by the Participants
The 4th Annual International Harp Guitar Gathering: Schedule of Events
The 5th Annual International Harp Guitar Gathering

See Main HGG page for all years.

Year of the Harp Guitar

Year of the Harp Guitar: June, 2006 - July, 2007
Harp Guitars at the Guild of American Luthiers 2006 Convention 
Harp Guitarists Visit Alex de Grassi's Weekend Guitar Workshop
Harp Guitars at Winfield! by Joe Morgan
The Museum of Making Music presents Harp Guitars: Passion, Imagination, Artistry

Miscellaneous

February, 2007: The Miner Museum Acquires Important Rare Specimens (Members Only access)


Harp Guitar Bibliography
 

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