That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 13, 2021

Harpo after the treatment.

“No, I don’t know how to play this thing, but I do know how to pose with it.”

Sorry about the raccoon eyes. I went Spring skiing and forgot the sunscreen…

“Why do men always string me along and then dump me with the line,’You’ll get over it; you’ve got lots of pluck.’ ?”

I hope you like “She’s Leaving Home” – it’s all I’ve learned so far.

“It’s harder than it looks. Anyone can pluck the strings, but getting this sucker into my Prius is a b*tch!”

I’ll go out with you as soon as I can find my G string.

“Welcome to the Jane Austen Society’s annual Assembly Week. Rout cakes and white soup are being served in the dining room, and there is whist and ombre in the card room for those who don’t care to dance.”

I want to see how she’s going to balance a pint of beer on that thing…

Play “Classical Gas” – I just had onion soup!

I can’t tell a flat from a sharp/ and I can’t tell a lyre from a harp/ but I can tell a knish/ from a gefilte fish/ and this woman looks like a carp.

“Help! My fingers are stuck in this thing!”

A french artist, a female model, shouldn’t she be nude?

“And now a 25 minute harp solo.”

“Look, I’m painting as fast as I can, quit harping on me.”

And now another selection from “Harp songs for 9 fingers”

She pulled a few strings to get this gig, but she’s no lyre.

ask her and she’ll tell you that there’s always one drunk who requests stairway to heaven…

“Eruption”!!!

Leave me fiver in the tip jar and I’ll take my clothes off.

“Or maybe Led Zeppelin…how about ‘Stairway to Heaven’?”

No thank you. How about “Tom Sawyer” by RUSH?

Even though this was a Zoom concert with video, Julie didn’t comprehend she needed to change out of her nightgown.

“Let me tell you about our special tonight. It’s ‘Freebird’ performed a side of tuba. You can add a banjo on the final chorus for an extra five dollars.”

She just shot an arrow at Curly to liven things up.

How about a little Roll Out The Barrel polka? Hmmmm?

She does all 17+ minutes of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; she does the drum solo on her thighs.

The Harp Twins. Check them out on youtube. They did many heavy metal and hard rock covers on their harps.

My brother will be joining me on bagpipes once he catches his breath.

Internet says truth. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=eruption+on+harp&docid=608005783946879810&mid=D9A822FC5977D4A881DCD9A822FC5977D4A881DC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

trying to imagine that…

I saw a harpist do her version of “Mizerlou,” (the Dick Dale classic.) It was pretty good.

" It was either learn to play this damn thing or the cello! "

Hi I’m Julie. I will be playing the harp fashionably in commando.

According to Google there is quite a bit on YouTube

Accompanying me will be George Hard on the piano…. "AT the piano, Julie!

The Young Harpist: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_L%C3%A9opold_Boilly_-_The_Young_Harpist_-_1977.152_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/boilly_louis-leopold.html 

http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/boilly2.htm 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/b/boilly/biograph.html 

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/3264/louis-leopold-boilly-french-1761-1845/ 

https://www.kimbellart.org/collection/ap-199001 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Louis_Leopold_Boilly/9000885/Louis_Leopold_Boilly.aspx 

https://prabook.com/web/louis.boilly/2168082 

https://mr-expert.com/en/artwork-quotes/louis-leopold-boilly-price/ 

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.975.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 8 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/05/11?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2706 (May 12, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

This painting clearly reflects that the young lady depicted, while not the prettiest of women, was part of a family with money enough to commission the work – The year being 1805, she posed at the very beginning of Napoleon’s rule. I wonder if she survived the coming upheavals.

Pregnancy ended or at least, interrupted, many a female’s harp career (unless the music performed during the third trimester was limited to a handful of treble notes)

Go to YouTube. Search “Harp Twins”.

Harpist – the word is harpist! I am NOT a harpy.

I’d like to hear some Rage Against the Machine, please.

Why is this G-string out of tune?

“I’m almost as good as my brother; he’s the finest bagpipes player in Harlem.”

annie gets some time with the harp unless the kitchen needs it for slicing veggies.

Play some AC/DC!!!

Why do you keep looking at the exotic dancers? You are supposed to be looking at ME! Don’t you know I’m the star?

This must be the painting that wifey was looking for yesterday.

There used to be a tea shop in town which had a harpist during lunch time. It was actually very nice to hear. I enjoyed some quiet music while being able to converse with my lunchmate, without the usual blaring overhead speakers or TV other restaurants have.