Crammed into the tiny upstairs of the small northwest Iowa County Museum is *** collection of rare and historic musical instruments. They aren't exactly displayed in the style of the Smithsonian.

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"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 ...

Constellations come in many sizes, shapes and flavors in our celestial dome. One of the smaller ones is Lyra the Lyre. In case you’re not into ancient musical instruments, a lyre is a small “U”-shaped ...

We probably all have notions of what the harp sounds like. But if you’re conjuring angelic women in flowing white gowns you may be missing out on a lot of the groundbreaking performers at the strings ...

When bushfires started threatening the Huon Valley in the far south of Tasmania in January this year, one local harpist wanted to help in a truly unusual way. “I lived through something similar myself ...

As a child, she learned she could play her instrument almost anywhere. As an adult, her bittersweet music depends on doing exactly that. By Grayson Haver Currin Mary Lattimore made her public harp ...