The 2018 Phoenix Autoharp Retreat
PAR is happening again, on March 4-6, 2019! Click here for a registration form, this year’s topic, and more! On Feb. 4-7, 2018, seven eager autoharpists from Arizona, Oregon, Washington…
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Testing Theories
Life has become really interesting around here on both the hammered dulcimer and autoharp fronts. I encourage players of both instruments to embrace what I’ve found. Hammered dulcimer: One of…
Teaching vs. Teaching, Part II
[one_half] (Excuse me: Yay, Broncos!) I’m still learning how to make Viking knit chain. I made the piece at right in the Broncos’ honor for just a few dollars (the NFL…
Just Get Used to It
My roommate from Westminster Choir College took up playing the hammered dulcimer in 2011! Amelia (not her real name) immediately enrolled in once-a-month lessons given by her local dulcimer club. Mysteriously, the more she…