Help well-known Nevada City harpist Lisa Stine recover her harps

“Lisa Stine has been a loving and giving member of the Nevada County community for decades. She has played for many non-profit groups and youth, cancer survivor and educational events,” according to a flyer we received and correspondence with one of her friends. “This is a tragedy for her. Let’s help her restore her spirits and faith.”

“Below are her precious harps. She also lost family heirloom jewelry and favored jewelry with harp motif.”

I exchanged some emails with Lisa’s friend, Lucy Bottrell, who owns Mother Truckers, this past weekend. “She is a wonderful local harp teacher,” Lucy said, adding “She was Joanna Newsom’s first harp teacher and has given endlessly to the Cancer Center.”

A reward is being offered for information leading to the recovery of Lisa’s harps and jewelry, stolen between August 23-28.

Contact: (530) 265-5599 or Nevada County Sheriff (530) 265-1471

The details and photos of the harps are here.

9/16 update: “Fabulous news! Dr. Chris Newsom let us know tonight that all of Lisa Stine’s harps have been recovered (except one) – fabulous news and thankful for everyone getting the word out!!,” InConcert Sierra wrote on its Facebook page.

Here’s a video of Lisa’s harp therapy program at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital: