First time I saw an Autoharp - and why I wanted to learn

Growing up I found PJ Harvey's music very Interesting as it seemed to steer very clear of the mainstream and contained much talent and thought.

About a year or 2 ago she brought out a new album after being out of the public light for some time. The video above was one of the first songs of her recent album ('Let England Shake').

When I saw her playing this 'thing' in her hands I was mesmerised. From there on I knew I had to find out what that 'thing' she was holding was, and had to get one for myself - as I fell in love with the sound it made on this track.

A long time, but not forgotten...

It has been some time since my last post to this blog.

To be honest the restoration of an autoharp I was planning to base this blog on has come to a halt - partially due to lack of time and funds.

However...

I shall be returning to this project soon.

In the mean time here is an autoharp based story of persevering (something I need to take a lesson from to get my autoharp fixed up)

I love this story of Ray Choi. His want to learn the autoharp stems from the same reason I started. I just happened to see one being played on television and was like 'what the heck is that thing?' - next thing you know I happen to be given an old one through a conversation with a friend which I am now pulling apart and rebuilding in hopes to make it playable again.