I’m sad to say we didn’t manage to meet our pledge to go carbon neutral in 2019. Life was too busy and other personal and professional commitments had to come first at that time. I fell far behind with even…
Written in June 2020 from notes made at the time We had a frustrating experience at this time, a power cut towards the end of July meant that a generator was running for about 48 hours! We can’t really complain…
Many of us are confined to our homes. It’s a frustrating, confusing and anxious time for everyone. However, we’ve decided to provide you with some free harp lessons to brighten up your day! Click on each tune name to access…
We're very proud to introduce a new project we've been working on. The Rainbow Harp has been designed to make it possible for almost anyone to learn to play the harp. Have you ever looked at sheet music and recoiled…
May and June Apologies for having missed May’s blog. It’s hard fitting everything in when you run a small business! We’ve been hard at work on our new project-The Rainbow Harp. You’ll be able to find out all about that…
Extinction Rebellion This month we’ve been cheering on the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters. While the coverage of it has been mixed, it feels like there is a large and increasing proportion of people who support the group and what they’re…
March This has been another busy month for us here at Hands on Harps. With our building works well and truly finished we have been focused on building harps to meet the orders that have come in over the past…
Wait...wait... give me a minute to explain! Now that I've been a harp teacher for 6 months and I've had lots of lessons that go really well and some that were "boring" or "too hard" or "too easy," I'm starting…
February Packaging This month we’ve been looking at how to reduce packaging. Applying the “three Rs” in order of importance, we can’t really reduce the amount of packaging we send our harps out in, but we can make that packaging…
January This month has seen the building work on our workshop nearing completion. Exciting times for Hands on Harps as we get nearer to being a proper business. With the space to really set things up the way we want…