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Geoff has
been a woodworker all his life. and since arriving in Australia in 1964 has
turned bamboo mulga and worked in furniture manufacture as a wood turner. He
has also been a self employed furniture designer and maker crafting
countless commissions for Clarence Valley residents since 1981 when he
settled at Copmanhurst near Grafton in Northern NSW Australia.
Having made
a few stringed instruments previously, Geoff started making harps in 1996
after a friend asked about obtaining one for his children. In 1997 he
attended a harp making workshop by Victorian master harp maker Andy Rigby
and picked up the rudiments of the Paraguayan/Celtic style. Since then harp
making has become a full-time occupation with sales and commissions
throughout Australia.
Geoff has
exhibited and sold harps at the National Folk Festival in 2001 and 2003.
thus extending his circle of contact with the harp making /playing world. Up until 2022
he taught harp making and ran five day courses at
his workshop in Copmanhurst and Nymboidia Northern NSW Australia.
Geoff has now retired from harp making as of 2022.
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