AUTOHARPS - Chromatic & Diatonic.

The finest quality handmade harps made in the U K

I've played the Autoharp since the age of seventeen. In the mid 1960s little was known about the instrument in this country or how to play it. My first influence as I recall was probably Bill Clifton, Mike Seeger, Tom Paley & of course The Carter Family.

I must, even then had the idea to build harp, as recently I came across a drawing in an old note book along with songs I was performing at the time. It's taken me all these years to finally build harps encouraged by members of UK Autoharps.

All my harps are made from the finest quarter sawn tone woods. Soundboards can be made in quarter sawn Sitka Spruce or Mahogany.  The one piece tuning pin blocks are also made of quarter sawn laminated Beech or Maple.

My harps are much lighter in weight than most being built today. This is due to my specially designed frame & strutting. The harp body is jig built with a backward bend to compensate for the string tension.This makes for a very stable harp& gives the soundboard down bearing.

Fine tuners: A must have these days, made by a local precision engineer.

The custom made strings on my harps are also made in the U K to my specification.

 Inlay bandings & boxwood stringings for Custom Builds.

Custom Built Chromatic / Diatonic Autoharps from around  £ 995-00 & top of the range £1900-00

All my harps are hand finished in either semi-matt or gloss French Polish.

I NOW OFFER A 5% DISCOUNT ON MY HARPS FOR UKA MEMBERS.

I now carry a good stock of spare parts and provide a re-stringing, repair & restoration service.