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Fiona Katharine Widdop (Formerly Roberts) is a self taught Harpist Musician. Fiona Katie as she refers to be known is a multi talented Musician who following a dream set about designing and constructing her own harps. Fiona Katie started with a single strung harp that she recovered in part from a pile of rubbish that was going t0k be burned. In the early 1980's Fiona started designing and constructing her harps making them from anything such as old shelving units etc. In the Mid 80's Fiona Katie graduated to constructing her own harps which would become triple strung harps, Each harp unique in its design was given a name all ending with the end fix of "AL" this was derived from one of the larger harps which Fions Katie designed her harps had such names as "Big AL" , SmallAL, 'VandAL, Burial (For its unique shape as a coffin) Cordial, etc. As each harp differed in its design Fiona Katie quickly realised to her dismay that harp strings came in cut lengths so that Fiona Katie would have to find a way to string the harps without the help of manufacturers. Fiona Katie's desire led her to stretching fishing line of varying gauges and by use of a micrometer she was able to finally string her harps with fishing line which led Fiona Katie to appear in "The extreme fishing magazine in America who were so impressed by her innovative approach to the problem of harp strings compose an article on Fiona Katie and her harps

(CURRENT PROJECTS) Fiona Katie is currently working on the design and build or light weight harps using such materials as carbon fibre treated with epoxy liquids to create strength