Links

To learn more about the wonderful world of harp,
check out any of the following:

Folk Harp Society:  Publishers of the Folk Harp Journal - a quarterly journal with great articles for novice and professional alike, harp music in each issue, news of harp events, and new harp CDs & books.

My Harp's Delight:  Everything you wanted to know about Celtic harps!

Scottish Harp Society of America:  dedicated to Scottish music and culture. Publishers of The Kilt & Harp, a newsletter that includes music, listings of workshops, Highland Games & competitions, and a lot more.

MHTP:  the Music for Healing & Transition Program
A course of study that certifies musicians to provide live therapeutic music to enhance the healing process and the life/death transition.

Harp Spectrum:  exploring the world of the harp.  Resources and information about all kinds of harps

The Celtic Harp site:  additional information about harps, with links to harpers and harp-related events.

Harp Builders:

Heartland: my personal harp of choice, for the richest sound throughout the string range

Blevins: another excellent line of lovely, economical instruments

Stoney End:  beautiful finished harps, or kits for building your own (other instruments, too)

Musicmakers: lovely harps, harp kits, plus other acoustic instruments

Rubarth harps:  a lot of sound in a small-to-medium package

Wm Rees:  makers of lovely harps, including the inexpensive, colorful 26-string Harpsicle.

Nearly 200 harpmakers, harp vendors, and sources for harp accessories can be found here.

Sources for harps, harp music, and much more:

Sylvia Woods Harp Center (LaCrescenta, CA), Melody's Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe (Houston, TX), Hobgoblin Music (Red Wing, MN) and Kolacny Music (Denver, CO):  retail stores with helpful, knowledgeable staff and excellent service.  They all do online business as well.