There was a small gift shop in my hometown that had an old lyon and healy pedal harp in their display window. It was in horrible condition but still good enough to be able to restore to it’s original beauty. I regret not trying to buy it from them because they eventually closed, and who knows where it’s at now. I bet they had no idea what it was potentially worth….
Another place to see a ton of old harps tucked in bizarre places is “The House on the Rock” in Spring Green, Wisconsin. They have rigged some up to look like they’ve been turned into automatons.
We saw the second, “Night at the Museum” movie yesterday, and they had three cherubs from a fountain come to life. I think they may have looked like the Jonas Brothers…anyway – one had a lyre, and when they sang there was some terrific harp backup.
I saw a harpist playing with Paul Shaffer’s band on Stephen Colbert’s show on June 19, 2017. It looked like it may have been Mariku Anraku, but I couldn’t get a good enough look to be certain. Anyone know who it was?
The funny thing was, when I channel-surfed the same night, there was another harpist playing in a scene in Modern Family!