Con gran pesar y dolor anuncio el fallecimiento de nuestro más querido fundador, fabricante de arpas, arpista, inventor y mentor, el maestro John G. Kovac (julio de 2022).
"John G. Kovac, amado esposo, hermano, arpista y amigo, de 76 años, de Front Royal, Virginia, falleció pacíficamente el miércoles 6 de julio de 2022 en su casa..."
Reimpreso desde la apertura del obituario de John. El conjunto se puede encontrar a continuación:
¿Qué se puede decir? Aquellos en el mundo que lo conocieron o, al menos, sabían de él, sentían una gran admiración y respeto por John Kovac y lo que aportó al mundo en general. Tuve el privilegio de una relación algo más estrecha con el propio Maestro.
Lo que él me enseñó libremente, me esfuerzo por transmitirlo al mundo: el legado de John como un ávido arpista y un tesoro para hacer arpas por cuenta propia. Lo que mi mentor dio de sí mismo a este mundo a menudo frío, su talento, inteligencia, su pasión y amabilidad y su gran humildad, me comprometo a continuar con su legado, tanto como pueda para que John G. Kovac no se pierda. el mundo.
Escribo esto sólo unos pocos minutos antes de que el Maestro finalmente descanse. ¿Quién puede saber qué escribir en momentos como este? Sobre todo, agradezco que haya llegado a mi vida cuando lo hizo. Amén.
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Con el corazón roto, primero, hacemos una pausa, luego, avanzando, el Legado de John seguirá adelante...
-davy
I was friends with John in the mid 1970s. John lived in northern NY at the time in the Saint Lawrence Valley close to the US Canada boarder. Jon lived off the grid in a simple A frame house he built himself. I was a woodworker and John had asked if I could help him build a Savonious (a type of wind generator) that required some fabrication in my shop. It was successful and John was able to charge a 12 volt battery and his humble life got an upgrade. John did not play harp at that time but played classical guitar and the Concertina. I remember John as a gentile soul. He left the North Country and joined the Peace Corps and left for Columbia where he helped harvest sugar caine and taught guitar to prisoners in a Columbian prison. John had left me his dog and guitar to care for during his years in the Peace Corps. When he returned he visited to pick up the guitar and we kept the dog at Johns request! I found John years later when he was established as a builder of harps, myself I had begun building guitars so it was a nice evolution. John sent me a recording of Christmas tunes he made which I enjoyed and I followed some of his YouTube posting over the from time to time. It wasn’t until today I discovered he had passed and thought I would share this part of his history, I was fortunate to have known John.
I had the honor of meeting John in Guatemala (San Pedro la laguna) to be exact. He gave me his music and I would play it for my newborn son. It was always a nice calm por him. I got to see him a new more times after that. He is one of those people you always remember. Happy to have crossed paths with this human!
Thanks for keeping his dream alive!Gordan’sBay South Africa
Psalm116:15 The Lord care deeply when His loved ones die. May you rest in peace John.
Have just learned via this website of John’s sadly passing. I will miss my regular checking of the latest Youtube videos and wisdom from John. As an amateur harpmaker myself I learned a lot from John’s peculiar genius for producing simple yet lovely harps and also his profound work and findings on the harp soundboard. His work will live on and is of great value to the harpmaking community. I am busy restoring an 1840’s Sebastian Erard harp with a collapsed soundboard. John’s pioneering research has already proved to be of great value.
I know that John was a very kind, considerate and christian man and I am sure he is in a special place in heaven eaching the angels to play harp better. God bless you brother John. we will meet again
With Grief I pen this message. Iam from India. John was my mentor who introduced me to Harp making. The Harp I.made from his kit is still strong today. Ever since I left USA for India in 2015 we stayed in touch and I would Pen him a Christmas Card Yearly. I was to Pen this Card today when AI decided to check this site to recheck his address. And to my Grief. I saw this sad news.
John. You were a Blessing. I will never forget You anymore particularly when I strum the Harp. I remeber the Music You send me for my wedding. Julie Please accept my Heartfelt condolences as I’m taken aback to Pen More. I have one last kit which I peomise to make a Harp in Johns Memory.I’m sure John is in Heaven Playing the Harp with King David and the Angels.
Respectfully,
William