August 18, 2009: Nova Scotia Bound!

Ipperwash in Southern Ontario has been our home for more than a decade, and the cool breeze off of Lake Huron and the rumble of her surf has been the background to our lives and music.  However, much as we've loved Southern Ontario, Nova Scotia, with her vibrant cultural life, breathtaking hills, forests and valleys, and awe-inspiring seascapes has been luring us for years, and in 2009 we could resist no longer!

Our new home is just outside of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, amid the orchards and wineries of the lush Annapolis Valley, and just ten minutes from the highest tides in the world on the Bay of Fundy.  Of course we will continue to ship our harps worldwide, and we'll continue to have a presence at the harp conventions in Eastern North America.

At the moment our new hill-top home lacks a workshop, so in August and September of this year I'll be busily constructing a new (and larger) building in which to craft our harps.  Hopefully harps will be starting their ownjourneys from our shop to their new owners in October.

This move is a grand adventure for our family, and we are inexpressibly excited.  For anyone who is interested, I'll be creating a blog to tell the story in all its arcane detail, from the Ordeal of the Weighty Piano, to the discovery of the secret swimming spot on Gillis Lake.  The blog is going to be posted at http://timothyharps.wordpress.com/.

Really sorry about the delay on our blog, everyone.  It's much harder to schedule time to chronicle an adventure from the middle of it than it looked at the outset.  However, I will endeavour to start posting pictures and stories soon :)  Jan 7, 2010

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and encouragement!

Sept 12, 2008

We are thrilled to announce that author Diane E Dunn, whose children's book "Adventures of a Harp Mouse" captured the imaginations of children across America has released a prequel to the beloved story, and it's set in our very own harp shop!

"Follow the mouse as she scampers into a warm cosy cabin and discovers a harpmaker's workshop.  When she hears the beautiful music of the harp, she wants to go with the harp wherever it travels.  Join the Harp Mouse as she begins her adventure!"

This delightful story is accompanied by lush illustrations from the pen of Donna Pellegata.  It's just the thing to tuck under the tree for little harpists (and big ones!) this Christmas!

($6.95 US plus shipping and handling, available at Timothy Harps, Melody Music, Sylvia Woods Harp Centre, Heartandharp.net and selected fine bookstores)