Simon Chadwick's
Early Gaelic Harp Emporium

Ancient Irish and Scottish Gaelic harp music
played on replica instruments strung with brass, silver or gold wire
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Use the links above to find what you need, or visit the search page to search the whole site

Tarbh CD

Laments CD

Clàrsach na Bànrighe

Tutor book

Lessons book

Gestures book

Early Music

May 2013

The Wool Merchant and the Harp is a very nice new CD of 15th century English harp music, played with great grace and style on a buzzing gothic bray harp by harpist and singer Leah Stuttard. more...

Also I have copies of the 2012 issue of the Galpin Society Journal, which includes Karen Loomis’s article about the Lamont and Queen Mary harps. This is the first published descriptions and pictures from her amazing and important study of the old harps as part of her PhD work at Edinburgh University. more...

April 2013

Announcing an exciting new CD of Scotland’s “great music”! My new CD released on 1st April features five solo harp tracks of late 17th or early 18th century music attributed to a great local hero of the West of Scotland - Raghnall Mac Ailein Òig. These grand formal tunes come from the pibroch tradition of the pipes, and also from early fiddle and vocal sources, and I have turned them into dreamy, beautiful clarsach meditations. Each tune has a very different atmosphere, and the CD booklet includes five full-page illustrations made by Ealasaid Gilfillan especially for this project. These unique and intense montage images really give you a sense of the meaning of each tune. more...

Looking for a printable catalogue? If you'd like me to post you a paper copy, let me know!

How to order

There are two ways to order items from the emporium; I don't mind which you use.
1. select the appropriate postage and click "add to cart". You can add lots of different items if you wish. Then click to go to the checkout and pay online with your credit or debit card. Postage is automatically calculated.

2. Phone me up or send an email (contact details below) and ask me whether what you want is in stock, or can be obtained. This works almost as quickly as using the shopping cart; also it works just as well for secondhand items and even ones I have not yet managed to get in stock. I'll give you a total price to pay (including postage) and you can post me a cheque (UK pounds sterling, drawn on a UK bank, payable to "Early Gaelic Harp Info"), or send money via PayPal/credit card, or make a bank transfer. Click here for more payment details including bank info and a credit card payment facility.

If there is an item you are looking for but which is not listed here, let me know - I may well be able to find it for you.

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Returns: If you are dissatisfied in any way, please return the items for a full refund.

How to contact the Emporium