Blue Ridge Autoharps by John Hollandsworth

09/12/2026

A nice Oscar Schmidt 'harp that I made a new chord bar set for and was just picked up by the customer - cherry bars and cherry buttons make a mellow look.

04/25/2026

A pretty good picture of the newest Blue Ridge Autoharp, going out to a lucky customer!

02/09/2026

I'm excited about teaching at the Swannanoa Gathering Old-Time Week this July 12-18 at Warren Wilson College in NC. Early Bird registration ends Monday, Feb. 9, so get going to get good rates!, or sign up any time of course. Many old-time masters will be teaching everything from fiddle to banjo to singing and of course autoharp.

05/04/2025

We have, in the shop, a d'Aigle Cascade for sale. It's a beautifully kept harp and is in need of a good home! You can see it here with all the pertinent info:

Model – Cascade Serial # - 3171207WC Walnut back & sides, spruce top, walnut bars, maple buttons Herringbone top edge inlay 15 chord bars Quick change chord bar covers Fine tuners Fine tuning wrench Grey case with shoulder strap Currently set up as a single key E. (If a single-key E is not what yo...

04/18/2024

In between his luthier autoharp orders, someone asked John to make a custom chord bar set for this Chromaharp. The walnut bar set turned out to look great on this vintage instrument, and doubtless improved the action for the player!

02/01/2024

I'm going to be teaching autoharp July 21-26 at the Swannanoa Gathering at Warren Wilson College in NC! There are loads of other great old-time musicians there that you can choose classes from as well. Early Registration for Swannanoa ends soon. If you sign up by the Feb 5 deadline you will get the first chance to sign up for your favorite classes on an earlier registration day. Those who miss early registration will have to wait for until mid-to-late March to participate in general registration. Go to www.swangathering.com

See you there!

The Swannanoa Gathering is a series of seven week-long music workshops in various types of folk music and dance held over a five-week period in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College, in the Blue Ridge Mountains just outside of Asheville, NC.

05/03/2023

Here's a nice pic of two "twin" autoharps (in different keys) just delivered to a happy customer! The tops are cherry as requested, with spruce back & sides on these.

10/01/2022

Nice job for a rainy morning - father & son drilling lots of tiny holes in very accurate locations on a very valuable top :-)

01/01/2022

A new harp that went out a few days ago. Happy 2022 to all!

03/05/2021

Drilling 37 well-placed holes last weekend.