David watkins harp biography of michael jackson

Demonstrating Pillow Lace at an Agricultural Show with my sister Sue. Subsequently I was offered a post at the Royal School of Needlework to teach it there.

My first 'LOVE' a Mercedes 300 which had belonged to the Dutch Ambassador, and which I "spat" and polished.

I bashed down the petrol tank so I could "post" the harp through the boot.

With my sister Helen (the singer) and Dorian Aroyo.

With Helen and Dorian.

The harpsichord that I designed and made in the school workshops at Oundle when I was 17.

Then I discovered an old harp and life changed!

A view of the keyboard and mechanism.

Another view of the harpsichord which was subsequently used by the Philomusica of London.

Tuning a harpsichord for the Ensemble Ars Rediviva in the Pavilion at Sceaux

My next instrument was a clavichord to my own design and which is still in full playing order.

It was played by Antonio Ruiz Pipo at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in