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Resawing wood for soundboards

Take a look as we resaw some mahagony that will become a soundboard for a Reverie Harp.

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Kantele Tunes

No Wait by Gary Barten mp3 download Starry Carpet by Gary Barten mp3 download Instruments – Kantele Here are a couple of tracks that were composed and recorded by Gary Barten. They both feature a...

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The Harpkit Bunch

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The Chord Harp – Lesson 1

Here are some chord sheets for a few songs in 3/4 time. Amazing Grace Clementine Down in the Valley Goodnight Irene I Ride and Old Paint On Top of Old Smoky Sweet Betsy From Pike    

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My Baby’s Gone

Having some fun with the Chord Harp singing a Louvin Brothers song.

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Green Grows the Laurel

Even more fun with the Chord Harp. Got this song from Bruce Molsky.

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Over the Garden Wall

It’s fun to play the Chord Harp with other instruments. Here’s an old Carter Family Song – Over the Garden Wall.

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Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley mp3 download Instruments – Mountain Banjo, steel strings I picked this tune up from the playing of Luke Richardson. The tune comes from Galax area fiddler, Luther Davis. Luke...

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Chord Harp – Strumming and Picking Patterns

Here is a nice video from Lynda Kuckenbrod. She demonstrates some fun strumming and picking patterns you can use on your chord harp. Lynda has also written and instruction book on how to play the chord...

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O’Neill’s Cavalcade on the Smartwood Harp

Mikaela has only been playing harp for about 3 months. She has made significant progress in that short time. This will show you what you can do if you spend a little time practicing every day. The...

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Star of the East

Star of the East mp3 download Instruments – Bowed Psaltery Here is another lovely composition by Angela Purll, a talented musician and composer living in England.  She is making great use of some of...

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Planxty Irwin on the Gothic Harp

It’s now been 6 months since Mikaela took up the harp.  Once again she is gracious enough to let us film her and post this video.  It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there like this. Thanks,...

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Jeneve Rose Mitchell plays the Regency Harp on AMERICAN IDOL

Imagine our surprise to see Jeneve playing a Regency Harp on American Idol. Check out the video below. She is fantastic. This talented young lady has a promising future.

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The Regency Rose

This harp is simply gorgeous.  Jake put a lot of thought and effort into this Regency Harp and it really shows.  He hand selected our best looking cherry for this harp and gave it a high gloss finish....

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Kaizen > Entropy

Jacob, our new owner, has begun to put the concept of Kaizen into practice at Musicmakers. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means “change for better”, although, in business applications, it has come to...

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Monochord

It is so much fun to see what some of our creative customers are making.  Bob Fisk stopped in the other day and was kind enough to demonstrate his monochord for us.  The monochord is essentially a...

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KANTELE Chords

Some chords in standard D tuning

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UKULELE Chords and Key Chart

Ukulele Chords and 4-string Guitar Chords and Key Chart Here are some of the most common chords used on the Ukulele organized by key. (printer friendly)   Key of F I IV V V7 vi Key of C I IV V V7 vi...

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Building the Psalmodikon – Step 12

Step 12

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Building the Psalmodikon – Steps 10-11

Steps 10-11

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