Stories tagged “harp”
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First Harp
The smell of shavings hit him as he entered the workshop. The journeymen and apprentices greeted him as he crossed to the low workbench in the corner. He withdrew a cloth-wrapped bundle from beneath the bench and set out its contents, three pieces of s...
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Shave and a Haircut, I Spy
FACE…So that’s a C, I flicked the string with my thumb. Two G’s with my ring finger and then an A flat. Flat. How do you play a flat on a harp? I voiced my question out loud. “The pedals, you kick it up for a flat.” I pulled the harp off my r...