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Row of harp necks with highly figured bubinga wood in the front and figured cherry behind
Somerset Harp Festival 2024
July 12, 2024
Corner of a chromatic hammered dulcimer with a black soundboard, abalone inlay, and highly figured bubinga wood on the edges
45th Anniversary Limited Edition Hammered Dulcimer
April 10, 2024
Playlist of YouTube videos comparing harps
Ravennas vs. Other Brands - Lever Harp Comparison Video Playlists
March 1, 2024
A dozen dusty strings lever harps in a rainbow of colors, clustered in a tight group
Dusty Harps at the 2023 Somerset Folk Harp Festival
July 6, 2023
A size comparison of the FH34S harp in cherry on the left and the FH36S harp in cherry on the right. With the stand on the FH34S, it is about the same overall height as the FH36S.
FH34S vs. FH36S - How do I choose?
March 23, 2023
Collage of photos showing different angles of our petite, walnut, staveback, 34-string harp
FH34S: Our new lightweight, solid-wood, 34-string harp
March 24, 2022
Silhouette of a person playing a Dusty Strings FH34S harp against a blue sky
What's going on with that new harp model?
March 11, 2022
Harp with fluorcarbon strings
Can I put fluorocarbon strings on my Dusty Strings harp?
August 20, 2021
Dusty Strings FH34S harp
Announcing the FH34S
July 21, 2021
Stork carrying a harp
New Kid on the Block
July 6, 2021
Dusty Strings booth at the Folklife Festival
50th Annual Folklife Festival
May 27, 2021
Harp Seattle participants
Harp Seattle 2020 goes virtual throughout October!
September 29, 2020
The QuaranTune Project
QuaranTune: The Final Project
April 17, 2020
Man with facemask
Making Protective Face Shields for Hospital Workers
April 9, 2020
QuaranTune Project
QuaranTune: The Social Distancing Community Music Project
March 17, 2020
Woman with Dusty Strings flight case
Flight Testing Our Carbon Fiber Harp Case
August 29, 2019
40th Anniversary harp
40th Anniversary Limited Edition FH36S
July 9, 2019
Dusty Strings booth at street fair
Dusty Strings Turns Forty!
May 16, 2019
Photo of bubinga harp
CITES Regulations & Musical Instruments Containing Bubinga Wood - What To Know If You're Traveling Internationally
June 22, 2018
Humidity tent for dulcimer
Creating a Humidity Tent for your Harp or Hammered Dulcimer
April 5, 2018
Practitioner with harp
Love Letter from a Certified Music Practitioner
September 5, 2017
Workshop instructor
Summer Harp & Dulcimer Workshops at Dusty Strings Music School in Seattle
July 17, 2017
Close-up of Serrana 34 harp
Serrana 34: Now taking orders!
June 19, 2017
Ray Mooers with a Serrana 34 harp
Update on the Serrana 34 (formerly Mariachi 34)
June 1, 2017
Festival participants
2017 Harp Festivals
March 23, 2017
Serrana 34 harp
Coming Spring 2017: New Mariachi 34 Harp!
January 27, 2017
Ginny with harp
Stories from the Harp: Playing Harp with M.S.
December 22, 2016
Photo of hygrometer
How to Keep Your Harp or Hammered Dulcimer Safe from Cracking in the Winter Months
November 11, 2016
Close up of Dusty Strings harp in bubinga wood
Quiz: Which harp wood are you?
September 15, 2016
Harp tuning pins with gut strings
Can I replace my nylon harp strings with gut?
August 17, 2016
Bill and dulcimer
The practicalities of therapeutic music from a dulcimer player's perspective
July 14, 2016
Cat with harp
Stories from the Harp: Our Furry Companions
June 29, 2016
Drawing of harp and heart
Stories from the Harp: We Can All Make a Difference
June 24, 2016
Charcoal drawing of harp and heart intertwined
Stories from the Harp: How it Began
June 17, 2016
Row of Dusty Strings harps
2016 Summer Harp Festivals
June 15, 2016
Stories from the Harp: Fourteen Years Later
June 6, 2016
Woman playing harp
Stories from the Harp: Weaving Hands
May 27, 2016
Dusty Strings hammered dulcimer model D570
New Chromatic Dulcimer Models: First the D670, now the D570
May 5, 2016
Photo of Dusty Strings hammered dulcimer
Hammered Dulcimer in Film Scores
April 12, 2016
Woman putting a harp in a case
How to load an FH36 in its case
April 5, 2016
Harp Seattlle 2016
Harp Seattle 2016
March 7, 2016
Dusty Strings hammered dulcimer model D670
New D670 Hammered Dulcimer: Super Bass on the Right and Left!
February 10, 2016
Close-up of hammered dulcimer app
D550 Chromatic Hammered Dulcimer App for iPad
January 20, 2016
Inlay in progress
Crafting a Hand-inlaid Celtic Knot
November 18, 2015
Harp festival participants
Diary of a Harp Festival
October 29, 2015
Harps at harp conference
Southeastern Harp Weekend 2015 (Oct. 23-25)
October 6, 2015
Hammered dulcimer player on airplane
New rules for flying with musical instruments
September 29, 2015
Close-up of harp strings
Do I really need an extra set of harp strings?
August 15, 2015
Dusty Strings FH36H harp
Harps Going to Somerset 2015
June 25, 2015
Woman playing harp
Why You Really Do Deserve A Nice Instrument
June 17, 2015
Close-up of treble bridge on hammered dulcimer
Hammered Dulcimer: Tuning the Treble Bridge
May 22, 2015
Black and natural hammered dulcimers
Does a black soundboard make it easier to play the hammered dulcimer?
April 29, 2015
Close-up of harp being played
Stephen Peterson's Harp Story
March 30, 2015
Harp being sanitized
Sanitizing Harps in Therapy Settings
March 11, 2015
Pedal harp and amplifier
Dusty Pedal Harp Pickup Video Demonstration
February 20, 2015
Teddy bear playing harp
Harp is the New Guitar (or Singing With Your Harp)
February 10, 2015
Festival participants playing music
Spring Fling Hammered Dulcimer Rendezvous
February 5, 2015
Harp Column magazine cover
Harp Column Feature on Dusty Strings
February 2, 2015
Karen Alley wih dulcimer
Interview with Hammered Dulcimer Champion Karen Alley
January 26, 2015
Four harps made of different types of wood
When does wood choice in harps matter?
January 19, 2015
Photo of three harps made of cherry
New Harp Recordings
January 14, 2015
Photo of DulciTune
Dulci-Tune: The Newest Tool for Dulcimer Players
December 10, 2014
Sapele pommele wood
Design Your Dream Harp in Rare Figured Pommele Sapele
November 4, 2014
Ray and Sue Mooers at harp festival
Photos from Southeastern Harp Weekend 2014
October 29, 2014
Photo of house
Time Capsule: The Ravenna House c.1980
October 8, 2014
Close-up of harp
Dusty Harps at the 2014 Southeastern Harp Weekend
September 16, 2014
Workshop class
2014 Southeastern Harp Weekend
August 25, 2014
A man operating a machine.
Inside The Shop: Making Harp Strings
August 19, 2014
Peter Berry and Ray Mooers with Dusty harp #001
Dusty Harp #001: Interview with Peter Berry
August 11, 2014
Newspaper page
Time Capsule: 1980 Seattle Times Article
August 5, 2014
Solid wood and plywood dulcimers
Plywood vs. Solid Wood Hammered Dulcimers
July 30, 2014
Camac and Loveland sharping levers
Sharping Levers: Camac vs. Loveland
July 24, 2014
FH26 and Allegro harps
Harps Going to the Somerset Folk Harp Festival
July 15, 2014
Class at Harp Seattle
Harp Seattle Festival - October 2014
July 8, 2014
Photo of orphan harp
Building an Orphan Harp
July 1, 2014
Photo of shipping box
Boulevards are Shipping!
June 24, 2014
Dusty Strings banner
2014 Somerset Folk Harp Festival
June 17, 2014
A man playing a hammered dulcimer.
Can I really play that on a hammered dulcimer?
June 13, 2014
A trio of Dusty Strings harps.
2014 American Harp Society Conference
June 5, 2014
An XLR jack for microphone cable.
Amplifying Your Harp: Preamps, D.I.s and Connecting the Dots
May 27, 2014
Quarter inch plugs on a pickup cable.
Amplifying Your Harp: What is all that other gear and how much of it do you really need?
May 20, 2014
A pickup jack clamp in the soundhole of a pedal harp.
Amplifying Your Harp: The Dusty Harp Pickup, Pedal Harp Pickup, and Jack Clamp
May 13, 2014
A pickup installed inside a pedal harp.
Amplifying Your Harp: Pickup vs. Microphone
May 6, 2014
The neck of a Boulevard 34 harp.
New Concert Tension Lever Harp from Dusty Strings
April 29, 2014
An example of a string centered correctly on a harp.
Buzzing Harp Strings
April 22, 2014
Ray and Sue Mooers in 1976.
Dusty Strings Hammered Dulcimer #1
April 15, 2014
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