Everyone has dreams but not everyone achieves them. Ray Choi has. Choi is one of the world’s top autoharp players, and he demonstrated it at the 2017 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Championship, according ...

For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as the accompaniment for folk and country singers in the late 1950s and '60s. It's ...

Twenty years ago, Newport-based autoharp maker George Orthey and his late wife, Mary Lou, started the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering. The five-day festival has grown to become one of the premiere ...

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He had been an officer in the United States Army, a veterinarian who operated a zoo for jungle animals, and a professional luthier who hand-crafted his own instruments. But by his own admission, ...

GARDEN GROVE – You probably never heard of Ray Choi. He runs a little music shop in Garden Grove, where he sells an odd instrument with 37 strings. It looks like a zither, which is to say it resembles ...

Jemma Watton's all set for the festivities. Even the most talented autoharp player doesn't usually get much attention.The instrument itself seems unwilling to assert its identity - built to stand on ...

Walking into Laura Lind's Sebastopol home is like walking into a beehive of creativity, and she is the busy bee. Puppets, paintings, candles, crowns, plums, flowers and button jewelry charm visitors.

Most buskers provide a soundtrack to the rush-hour commute playing a saxophone or guitar, but busker Darryl Minsky does it with an unusual instrument called an autoharp. The former computer consultant ...

As Dr. James Smith approached his 65th birthday May 28, he contemplated how to celebrate the milestone. With the nickname, "Autoharp Man from Al-a-Bam," you might guess that celebration would have ...