The latest Dyer harp guitar Discoveries from:

Indexed by Newest > Oldest below


Date Topic Title

February 26th, 2019

My Dyer Harp Mandolin Family article is fully rewritten

Dyer Harp Mandolins and the Symphony Harp Plectral Ensemble

July 29th, 2018

Five harp mandolas now known

Dyer Harp Mandolas: All Present and Accounted For

July 7th, 2018

Catching up with a whopping 16 unpublished vintage photos of Dyer players

Dyer Harp Guitar Vintage Photos

May 12th, 2017

A second vintage Dyer catalog found

Do or Dyer: Archiving Harp Guitar History

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March 23rd, 2014

First discovery of a vintage Dyer catalog

Dyer Harp Guitar Catalog Found!

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March 15th, 2014

A posting of new historical images of Knutsen players (with a couple Dyers thrown in)

New Photos of Old Knutsens

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June 24th, 2013

An inventory of all currently known Dyer Style 8 harp guitars

Dyer 8 x 2: Cataloging the Most Coveted of Harp Guitars

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February 1st, 2013

Dyers in the hands of historical black harp guitarists.

Black History Month, Part 1: African-American Harp Guitarists

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April 8th, 2012

Found! Not one, but two, of the previously undiscovered Dyer harp mandolins with the bass point on the "wrong" side

The Dyer Optical Illusion Harp Mandolin

Jan 5, 2012 The sixth Style 3 is found - with original owner trail, and a label

Dyer 3 x 6

Aug 30, 2011 Original owner of the oldest-known Type 1 Dyer Joe Stertz, the 25th Dyer Owner
Aug 13, 2011 A new postcard discovered of an unusual Hawaiian act in Belgium, with Dyer player Hidden in This Picture
Jun 24, 2011 An enterprising Dyer owner turned a vintage Dyer into a vintage harp steel guitar! The Dyer Harp-Steel Project
Jun 9, 2011 "Chronicling America" holds a few Knutsen and Dyer surprises New Online Research Archive
Mar 5, 2011 An important Style 3 and Style 6 in the collection Stutzman’s Harp Guitars
Dec 27, 2010 A "black-top" Dyer: Fact or fiction? The Valentino Dyer
Sep 30, 2010 A newly-discovered specimen, with a strange overlay on the sides A Custom Dyer 8?
Oct 2, 2010 Photoshop-painted photograph of Steve Bissell with his Style 8 If Rembrandt Painted Harp Guitars

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