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Mike Baldwin
New book: Harp Making in Late-Georgian London
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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
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Aug 27, 2020
lucygrolladams
Charles, or Karol Groll?
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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
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Jul 5, 2020
jon
Original Harp Compo Moulds
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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
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Mar 13, 2020
p.poulopoulos
New article on Erard harp No 2631 at the Deutsches Museum
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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
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Jun 27, 2019
hurrellharp
THE EGAN IRISH HARPS: Tradition, patrons and players by Nancy Hurrell. Published by Four Courts Press, 2019.
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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
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Apr 16, 2019
Lewis Jones
Erard double-action harp no. 1955
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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
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Feb 23, 2019
Mike Baldwin
Protect or publish?
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Over the time I’ve been researching harp makers (some twenty-five years), I’ve held to the belief that it is best to keep my unpublished research close, to not share newly discovered sources or realis
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Feb 5, 2019
Giuliano Marco Mattioli
Érard's Empire single-action harp with no number on plate
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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
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Aug 23, 2020
Elise Kolle
Portrait Database
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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
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Jun 22, 2020
Mike Baldwin
Year 2 of theearlypedalharp.net
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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
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Dec 12, 2019
Robert Adelson
Harp makers' collections
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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
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Jun 5, 2019
p.poulopoulos
New article on Erard harps
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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
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Mar 6, 2019
p.poulopoulos
Reports of the harp workshop in the Galpin Society Newsletter and in Camac harps blog
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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
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Feb 20, 2019
p.poulopoulos
Podcast on Erard Harp at the Deutsches Museum
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Dear colleagues and harp enthusiasts, a recently produced podcast focusing on the Erard double-action harp at the Deutsches Museum was published last week. It is available (Podcast No 2, only in Germa
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Feb 4, 2019
mike
How do I delete my profile, please? I can't seem to find where to do it. I have asked but not received a reply
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Jul 9, 2020
Mike Baldwin
Erard single-action, no. 357
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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
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Jun 16, 2020
daniela_kotasova
Article on Erard Harps in the Prague collection
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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
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Jul 12, 2019
p.poulopoulos
Report of the harp workshop in the AMIS Newsletter
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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
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May 13, 2019
Mike Baldwin
Head, harp maker of Dublin
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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
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Feb 24, 2019
Robert Adelson
Thomas Hamilton, Glasgow (1810-1820)
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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
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Feb 19, 2019
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