William Close is getting ready to string a skyscraper. As the inventor of the Earth Harp, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest stringed instrument, it’s a task he knows well.

Imagine you could shrink to the size of an ant and slip inside a cello while it’s being played. That is what the audience will experience when William Close and the Earth Harp Collective performs as ...

Visalia's L.J. Williams Theater will transform into an instrument as William Close and his Earth Harp Collective perform at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. The performances benefit the Visalia ...

William Close tells the crowd at City National Plaza that he's still figuring out the logistics of his latest Earth Harp. Over the years, the Malibu-based artist has built a number of these large, ...

Children can build their own miniature cardboard harps on Thursday at the Make Music Day in Carlsbad, but it’s likely their attention will be focused instead on something much, much bigger: the Earth ...

Five years ago, William Close's house in Malibu caught fire and burned to the ground. This was even more devastating because his life's work — a collection of giant, almost sculptural instruments, ...

Last year William Close & The Earth Harp Collective drew more than 5,000 to Christmas Eve service at Salem Lutheran Church in Tomball. This Christmas season, they are back with a one day, full concert ...