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For January, 2026:
Another Era Lutherie (<-- website)
Custom Hand Crafted Harps
(Craig R. Pierpont - Metcalfe Co.: Edmonton)
Another Era harps are made of carefully selected materials, using both traditional hand-crafting techniques and modern machine methods where appropriate.
Every Another Era instrument is built with individual attention to detail. This high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail makes possible strong, light instruments of beauty and sensitivity-- able to transform the touch of your fingers into beautiful, room-filling music.
Craig R. Pierpont
Phone: (270) 432-7438
Address: 13210 Edmonton Rd.
Edmonton, KY 42129
Email: crpierpont@anotherera.com
Website: https://anotherera.com/
From his shop in Edmonton, Kentucky (the county seat and only municipality in Metcalfe County), Craig Pierpont crafts and repairs harps of many styles. He has been building instruments for 30 years or more, specializing in harps.
He has written or had coverage of his superb craftwork noted in Fine Woodworking, The Folk Harp Journal, American Lutherie, Early American Life, and Early American Homes. There have also been shows and interviews about Pierpont and his crafting of harps on HGTV and KET.
His website shows the main styles of harps he constructs from a variety of hardwoods:
• French Style Harps • Celtic Style Harps
• Irish Style Harps • Studio Model Harps
• Lap Harps
He also builds custom harps and provides a variety of services on harps, including string changes, regulation and adjustments, and structural and finish repairs...
Just a few of the many styles of harps that Craig Pierpont creates are shown below:
A Neo-Gothic Harp with parti-colored
stave-back
A 26 string Irish Style Harp with holly leaves
and knotwork
As the images below amply illustrate, Pierpont can also add or create beautiful ornamentation to the harps he crafts at Another Era Lutherie:
A telling testimonial from one purchaser of an Another Era harp:
"Thank you for my gorgeous new harp. Her sound is so lovely the angels will be jealous!"
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