Upon discovering Gregg Miner's Museum of Vintage, Exotic and Just Plain Unusual Musical Instruments in Tarzana, Calif., a couple years ago, Weekend Edition essayist Tim Brookes saw something called a ...

Three million people visit Mt. Laguna every year to camp, hike, or play in the snow, yet virtually none of them realize they have driven right by one of the most exclusive and renowned harp-string ...

Harpist Zachary Adinolfi has been busy. Playing the Irish harp for fun, professionally and in competition, he is also on top of keeping up with his schoolwork, because Zach is 12 years old. On Dec. 4, ...

William Close is getting ready to string a skyscraper. As the inventor of the Earth Harp, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest stringed instrument, it’s a task he knows well.

Evonik Industries and the Chinese filament maker NTEC have jointly developed a monofilament designed for instrument strings. Based on Evonik’s nylon 6,12, the filament offers transparency for clarity ...

GRAYLING - As the state's only musical retailer dealing strictly in the sales, teaching and playing of harps, Kelly Yousoufian, owner of Michigan Harp Center in Clawson, finds it easy keeping an eye - ...

THE harp is such a handsome instrument that some are sold simply to decorate a room. Heretics who do not like the ethereal elegance of harp music often say that it looks better than it sounds. It is ...

The first time Alex and Susan Marini listened closely to a harp, it was over dinner at a Massachusetts restaurant. “It sounded like the voice of angels,” says Susan Marini. At the time, the Marinis ...