HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE MAGIC OF ORTIZ PLAYING ONE OF HIS SOUTH AMERICAN HARPS?

I listened to a few of his Youtubes this morning, and decided to try to find a harp and learn to play. I have not been cursed with arthritis, and I'll be darned...why NOT?

I remember taking piano lessons from Miss Listenden when I was five, and the carrot placed before me was the harp. Even then it was something I wanted to accomplish. Well, I practiced and I practiced, and there was never a hint of a harp. I guess I was 10 and I gave the piano up. (I shouldn't have.)

So here I am, a closet harpist without a harp.

I'm taking a trip to Craigslist, right now.

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