Sylvia Woods has been (and continues to be) one of the most influential harpists in the harp community. It’s hard not to get really excited about harps when you go to the Sylvia Woods Harp Center website. Sometimes it feels like you’re sitting in Sylvia Woods’ living room listening to her pluck the harp strings. This personal touch and enthusiasm, combined with the overall quality of her insights is why Sylvia Woods  Harp Center is being awarded the "TopTenREVIEW Gold Award" as one of the best places to buy harps online.

Although we were unable to visit the Sylvia Woods Harp Center showroom, we really got a kick out of the photos of their windows. They’re fun and inviting. They run the gamut of Hippies, to Christmas and winter, to summertime/tropical, to patriotic. There was even a Wizard of Oz window. Click on their Store Windows section to see them all.

Sylvia Woods Harp Center has its own notoriety. They were filmed by Huell Howser from PBS where Sylvia talked about the history of the harp and demonstrated how it works.

The Sylvia Woods Harp Center website offers all kinds of harp paraphernalia, like harp bookmarks, Egyptian harp paintings, and porcelain angels with harps ornaments. And, if you’re really into harps, you’re going to love the harp jewelry. They have harp earrings, broaches, and necklaces – now you know what to give your harpist friends for Christmas and Hanukkah.

These are some interesting things to look for on the Harp Center website:

• Blog - The owner of Harp Center, Sylvia Woods, really keeps in touch with her harpists. She has a very nice blog where she talks a lot about her materials for teaching yourself the harp and she talks about her extensive collection of harp music.
• Search – The Harp Center website features a very usable and handy search engine. It even enables you to filter your results by product or by information and by price or category.
• Harp Music Samples - If you’d like to hear samples of Sylvia Woods playing the harp, you can click on the mp3 Audio Downloads page and you’ll get some 99 cent mp3 downloads you can listen to right on your computer.
• Bios - The employees of the Harp Center have interesting bios on the website. Most of them are musicians or budding musicians and are enthusiastic about playing harps and writing music for the harp.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – These are some of the most interesting FAQs we’ve ever seen. They answer the questions real people have when they go to play the harp for the first time. Sylvia Woods answers questions like: How hard is it to learn to play the harp? And can I learn if I have no musical talent?
• Articles – This collection of articles on the experiences of a harpist are entertaining and comical. Even if you don’t do business with the Harp Center, check out their interesting articles.
• Harp-e-card – We had to mention this clever option on the Sylvia Woods Harp Center website.
• Harp Parts – If you’re going to purchase a harp, you really must visit the Sylvia Woods Harp Center to see their page dedicated to the anatomy of a harp. You’ll truly learn a lot.