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 ...
The tones float through the harp strings like a small chorus of angels. A few moments pass before you recognize the faint resemblance to a melody you croaked out in preschool – “Mary Had a Little Lamb ...
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 ...