Natalie Surina was drawn to the ancient harps of Ireland. She doesn’t know quite what it was that called her to it. But she knows it was undeniable. “I had already been studying ancient Irish culture ...

Nestled above the musical village of Naul, Sean Smyth pours his time, his talent and his soul into each and every Irish harp he makes. Smyth selects and sources wood for these Irish harps from around ...

Siobhan (shuh-VAHN) Armstrong is one of today's top Irish harpers, and head of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland. She plays the ancient traditional wirestrung Irish harp that was popular from the ...

"It's never too late to start a new hobby," says 89-year-old Irish harp-maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the intricate instrument, a national symbol of Ireland. A retired wood and ...

Neo-Irish style harp known as the Royal Portable Irish harp. It is non-pedal but with a sharpening mechanism. The fore pillar is square and of a modified S curve. On the inside of the pillar are 7 ...

Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and harp. Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and harp. Each week, she and her husband ...

One person’s trash is another's treasure. Quite the understatement for Julie Finch, who found a rare and priceless 200-year-old Irish harp a few weeks ago in a dumpster on W. 26 St. in New York City.