I'm a Harper or Harperist (or Harpy), but not a Harpist

I won't get mad if you call me a harpist, but it's the folk harp (aka "lever" or Celtic) harp that I play, not the orchestral (aka "pedal" or concert) harp. Much more about this in future postings.

It's time to get back in touch with my inner HARPY!

Allow me to introduce my harps to you. I only have two, but they're both very special.

The first harp I bought was my little harp, Ruth. She's a Mezzo 23 string harp made by Blevins Harps. She also called a "lap" harp, because she sits in my lap when I play her. She is made of maple wood, a light, pale, whitish-blonde color.

My bigger harp is Rowan, a Signature 36-string model made by Triplett Harps. She's made of cherry wood, and her color has burnished and deepened, in the six-or-so years since I bought her, to a nice warm reddish brown.

Rowan has beautiful laser etchings of irises and daffodils on her pillar and soundboard. Ruth doesn't have any such enhancements, but she's special nevertheless.

They are both female.

I know, because they told me.