Harp Stands for Mike's Harp Program

Last year I met Mike at the National Scottish Harp Competition held at the Ohio Scottish Games. He is a master guitarist who has developed a guitar program in a public school system in North Carolina. Because of Mike's developing reputation as a harp player and media publicity he garnered, his administrator asked him to develop a harp program. He purchased several small harps called "harpsicles" from Wm Rees Harps. Mike was deliberating how he would have the students hold the harps, since keeping a small lap harp stable while playing can be tricky. I showed him this stand that Timothy Habinski of Timothy Harps designed. It can attach and detach from a small lap hap allowing the harp to be self supporting rather than precariously balanced on the players' knees or between their crossed legs or balanced with "knee bones" or resting on a board the player also sits upon or suspended in a vulgar looking harp stirrup which looks like a bra or jockstrap. Mike liked the solution, and Timothy readily offered for Mike to use his design.