Hi, I've not seen much autoharp activity here in a while. The Autoharp is alive and well and is actually growing world round. We have a small but healthy and growing contingent in Australia. A very strong group in UK, Japan, and a few scattered around other countries in Europe. Put autoharp in Google and you will find quite a few websites, Cyberpluckers is a good group for finding out what is happening around.
We had a good jam yesterday near Portland, OR with two people coming down from Washington. We are planning a big jam in Portland on Nov. 12 and hope to interest lots of people. Autoharpers never turn away other instruments, singers or anyone else interested in sharing music. Look around and you will find 'harpers and jams out there.
I have met Gove a couple of times and he is indeed a excellent musician and 'harper. There is a lot of really good autoharp on youtube, take a look sometime.