Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book, Erard: A Passion for the Piano (Oxford University Press, 2021). This is the first of my two monographs on the history of t

Hello everybody, After discussing with Robert Adelson regarding a harp I'm currently restoring, he suggested to write in this forum to hear different opinions. The harp is an Erard Empire simple-actio

Hi all! I have created an online database of portraits of female harpists between 1720-1850. This database is a free resource and I hope it will be useful to members of this community! I am always loo

In around 6 weeks theearlypedalharp.net will be a year old. Over the past year 60 people have signed up as members, and we've had excellent contributions to our blog and forum pages. What next? T

Dear colleagues, I am currently studying the phenomenon of harp makers who collected instruments (their own—for example, by preserving prototype models—or by other makers), even if these were no

Dear colleagues and harp entusiasts, here is the link to an Open Access publication which includes a new article on Erard harps: http://woodmusick.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/COST_FP1302%20Book.pdf

Dear colleagues and friends, a report of the harp workshop in Munich, written by Daniela Kotašová, curator of musical instruments at the National Museum Prague, has been published in the latest Galpin

Although a little late having been postponed before Christmas, I will be holding an online launch for my book, Harp Making in Late-Georgian London , on Saturday 20 February from 18:00-19:30 GMT. Tic

Does anyone know the whereabout of Erard single-action, no. 357, bought by the Princess of Wales on 11 November 1800? A site member is revising the late Sir Oliver Millar's work on British pictures

Dear colleagues and friends, thanks for the possibility of further communication through this discussion forum. I would like to point out to all people who are interested a new article about Erard

Dear colleagues and friends, a report of the harp workshop in Munich, written by Elise Kolle, a harpist and currently a harp researcher at Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande in Stockholm, has been

Whilst working through the journals of the J. G. Morley harp company, the following entry (20 July 1892) grabbed my attention. It refers to a Grecian harp (no. 11) by Head of Dublin. I've not encoun

Dear colleagues, Might anyone have any information on a Thomas Hamilton (or member of his family) who lived near Glasgow in the period 1810-1820? I am studying a harp that belonged to him, and though

My new book went on sale last Friday. It's been a long time coming (10 years of continual solid work - over 25 years working on and off) and has been doubly hard as I chose to start a publishing comp

I found this web page when researching family members, and there was a post about Charles Groll. My question is, is he the same person as Karol Gröll, brother of Tomas, and Kataryna, and son of Wilhel

I’ve come across a company www.georgejackson.com who have been in business since 1780 and originally supplied Erard who was charged £66, apparently in 1811 (‘To 55 harps ornamentd compleat @ 24/-) wit

Dear colleagues and harp enthusiasts, I would like to inform you about a new article related to Erard harps in the journal 'Studies in Conservation'. The article focuses on a detailed technological

Book is now available online. Dublin maker John Egan ( fl. 1797-1829), known for his Portable Irish Harp model, also produced single-,double- and triple-action pedal harps. Awarded the royal warrant

Dear colleagues, I wonder whether anyone might be able to help me to locate the Erard (London) double-action harp numbered 1955, if it still exists, or might have any information about its history