Herewith some information on Celtic Harps from my ms (unpublished) "Locksley's E-Z Irish Harp Method (revised ed.) * WHERE TO BUY HARPS: Instrument Makers: Tucson Folk Shop Ogham Harps Leo Folk Harps Ballygriffin, Kenmare 415 N 4th Ave Co. Kerry, Eire Tucson, AZ Boulder Early Music Shop Walton's Galleries 2010 Fourteenth St 2,3,4 & 5 N Fredrick St Boulder. CO Dublin 1, Eire 80302 Caswell Harps Triplett Harps Box 1339 2220 Suburban Rd Suite B Forestville, CA San Luis Obispo, CA 95436 93401 Witcher Harps Dragonwhispers Box 1033 Box 211 Houlton, ME Mt. Laguna, CA 04730 92048 Dusty Strings John Yule 3406 Fremont Ave No. Camethy Cottage Seattle, WA Silverburn, Penicuik 98103 Midlothian EH26 9LQ Scotland Antique Sound Workshop Ltd Aoyama Harp 1080 Beacon St 282 Stepstone Hill Brookline, MA Guilford, CT 02146 06437 Salvi Daphne Hallelujah Harps 168 N Ogden Ave 1473 Acequia Barrada W. Chicago, IL Santa Fe, New Mex. 60607 87501 Heartland Strings Hummingbird Instruments 2692 Boston Rd 212 Wayne NW Woodville, WI Albuquerque. NM 54028 87114 Nial Imbusch Magical Strings 13 Woodlawn Dr Box 4086 Dooradoyle Seattle, WA Limerick, Eire 98104 Markwood Clive Morley 1250 NE 5th St Goodfellows Farm Bend, OR Filkins Nr Lechlade 97701 Gloucestershire GR7 3JG England James Rydecki Sandpiper Folk Harps Box 1093 Box 29218 Meadow Vista. CA San Diego, CA 95722 92129 Two Sisters Woodsong Box 5703 1840 Acacia Dr Athens, OH Box 3955 45701 Estes Park, CO 80517 Wold Song Box AD Panorama City. CA 91412-1030 WHERE TO BUY HARP CASES: Many of the listed manufacturers and retail oulets offer cases. The best cases available, however, are padded "gig-bag" affairs of nylon Cordura from: INSTRUMENT CLOTHIERS the Tucson Folk Shop also 6326 Ranier Ave South offers a nice case, as does Seattle, WA Lark In The Morning. See above 98118 and below for adresses. (206) 723-9808 WHERE TO BUY HARPS: Retail outlets: Lark In The Morning Folkcraft PO Box 1176 Box 807 Mendocino, CA Winstead. CT 95460 06098 Folk Mote Music Grenadier Music 1034 Santa Barbara St Box 1128 Santa Barbara, CA Seneca. SC 93101 29678 Harp And Dragon In The Tradition 25 Madison St Box 223 Cortland, NY Deer Isle, ME 13045 04627 Loveland Harps Lyon & Healey Box 1101 168 N Ogden Ave Loveland, CO Chicago, IL 80539 60607 Pantile Press Robinson's Harp Shop 2525 Eastside Ln Box 161 Houston, TX Mt Laguna. CA 77019 92048 Paradise Music Sue Richards 556 Paradise Ln 612 E Linfield Dr Edmunds. WA Rockville. MD 98020 20852 Sylvia Woods Harp Center The better Irish and Scots Box 29521 import shops sometimes Los Angeles. CA have harps available. 90029 About Harps: FOLK HARPS Gildas Jaffrennou; Model and Allied Publications Ltd. 1973 (how to build them yourself!) THE IRISH AND HIGHLAND HARPS R. B. Armstrong; Edinburgh, 1904 Facsimile edition: Praeger 1969 LCCCN: 74-96769 (sell your first-born child for this book!) "How To Buy A Harp" FRETS (period.) June 1989 (Vol. 11 No. 6) 20085 Stevens Creek Cupertino, CA 95014 ANNALS OF THE IRISH HARPERS C. Fox; Dutton AN HISTORICAL ENQUIRY - HARP IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND Gunn; Constable HISTORY OF THE HARP J. Thomas; Hutchings & Rosner THE WELSH HARPER J. Parry; D'Almaie & Co. The Folk Harp Journal (Periodical) ISFHC 4718 Maychelle Dr Anaheim, CA 92807-3040 (714) 998-5717 * end * Joe Bethancourt SCA: Ioseph of Locksley White Tree Productions OL, OP, &c PO Box 35190 the Whyte Bard Phoenix AZ 85069 --- * Origin: (Opus 1:114/29)