Hi Tracye, I have used the silk strings only on guqin. They are incredibly hard to come by and cost a mint, so I have not put them on a harp. If they were...
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Robert Pacey
pendragonwriter
Oct 30, 2011 8:17 pm
I played at a Victorian market at Louth here in Lincolnshire U.K. and the stallholders etc. were asked to wear Victorian costume. In my mis-spent youth I did...
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dharben@...
darkblueowl
Oct 30, 2011 8:34 pm
Sounds like a great picture but I don't think this group accepts attachments to messages. Can you post it to the photos section of the group website? Dwyn ...
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Robert Pacey
pendragonwriter
Oct 30, 2011 9:05 pm
Sorry no picture last time. I have put it in a folder 'Amusing Picture...' Bob. ... From: Robert Pacey To: AntiquePedalHarps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
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Pat Marshall & Germai...
belthil142
Oct 31, 2011 3:20 pm
Thanks for sharing the photo.Bob. DId you regulate your Erat yourself? I have a c.1840 Grosjean harp (cf. photo album) and can only play it in Cb as it needs...
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Robert Pacey
pendragonwriter
Oct 31, 2011 5:41 pm
Hello Pat. It's not very complicated but it takes quite a few attempts. I get a piece of paper and play in several different keys & work out which notes need...
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Simon Capp
harpdoc9
Nov 14, 2011 5:58 am
<p>Hey there!<br>it truly is an amazing opportunity to fortune in the current economic climate<br><a...
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Simon Capp
harpdoc9
Nov 14, 2011 9:36 am
Dear Everyone, Really sorry about this post - it has nothing to do with me!! I imagine my email account has been hacked - please do not open the link!! Simon ...
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Howard Bryan
harpergeorge...
Nov 17, 2011 6:07 pm
A customer who had me repair an English Erard Grecian about 4 years ago has sent it back, asking that I sell it for him. He had it repaired for a relative to...
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j dunne
jim_dunne
Nov 17, 2011 7:52 pm
I have an Erard Gothic, #6446, that needs major work and is not currently playable (last played about 25 yrs. ago). However, it is intact, except for the fact...
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c_zackey
Nov 26, 2011 2:46 pm
Hello, I'm looking to purchase a Lindeman - and am wondering if anyone can give me any advice on this instrument. There is a Lindeman No. 8, 224 double action...
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Howard Bryan
harpergeorge...
Nov 27, 2011 9:34 pm
The Lindeman harps I've worked on were good harps. The main action is a bit different, as the cams ride on large axles, butwith some caution and respect for...
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Tim
timrued
Nov 28, 2011 4:30 pm
Hello.. For several years I have had a single-action pedal harp branded "Stahl - Milwaukee". My attempts at finding out about its origins have been almost...
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Robert
pendragonwriter
Nov 29, 2011 9:16 am
Do a google search for 'gut strings & mad cow disease' for info. Bob Pacey UK....
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Pat Marshall & Germai...
belthil142
Nov 29, 2011 2:53 pm
Ha! Will it ever end? Time for you lot to get out of the EU!! Former Liverpudlian Pat and he gut -strung harps in Canada. [Non-text portions of this message...
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Augustine Pratt
guspratt98346
Dec 18, 2011 9:11 am
I was talking to someone today who had mentioned to me that they were in an antique store and saw a glass case that was designed to display a full size antique...
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Jessica Wolff
brokenstrings
Dec 18, 2011 11:30 pm
Sounds like the kind of harp analogous to a player piano. Jessy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Pat Marshall & Germai...
belthil142
Dec 19, 2011 2:24 am
Hello Gus, Here in Ottawa, the Sisters of Charity have a museum that houses a large antique harp in a glass case such as you describe. I always thought that it...
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Augustine Pratt
guspratt98346
Dec 19, 2011 6:29 am
I went to the antique store and took a look at the display case. At first look I thought it was just a display case designed to look like a harp case, but it...
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dharben@...
darkblueowl
Dec 19, 2011 6:45 am
Wait a while and make a lowball offer. This doesn't exactly sound like the sort of item that will be quickly snatched up at the asking price. Have you asked...
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Augustine Pratt
guspratt98346
Dec 19, 2011 1:19 pm
The owner is out of state right now, but I was told that it has been on and off the market for the last ten years. The owner will change her mind about wanted...
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Jennifer
fionnabhair_...
Dec 21, 2011 4:58 am
(This is not a pedal harp question, but might apply to any antique harp.) Evening, all, I have it on good authority that I am going to receive a Clark harp for...
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Jennifer
fionnabhair_...
Dec 21, 2011 5:07 am
Evening, all, I understand that there was a time when some harps were strung with reddish-orange strings for the main body of strings, purple for the Fs and...
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Howard Bryan
harpergeorge...
Dec 21, 2011 2:15 pm
The orange/purple/green strings were common in the early 20th C. I have heard that when Armour started making strings they were unable to make white ones, so...
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pkharpguy
Dec 23, 2011 2:32 am
Hi Jennifer I would try cleaning it with either tepid distilled water with just a trace of Ivory bar soap in it, or naphtha. For either one, try a...
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pkharpguy
Dec 23, 2011 2:40 am
The "red sets" (the orange strings were originally red, but have faded to orange) were available from the 1930s into the 1980s. They're no longer available,...
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Jennifer
fionnabhair_...
Feb 4, 2012 4:27 am
Evening, all, Have any of you heard of Imperial harp strings? They were gut and made in Germany, likely in the late 1800s and to some date before the War in...
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Howard Bryan
harpergeorge...
Mar 10, 2012 4:52 pm
A 1920 L&H harp just came in with its original soundboard ripped apart, the victim of excessive string tension. We get a couple of early pedal harps like this...
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Jessica Wolff
brokenstrings
Mar 10, 2012 10:00 pm
But my gosh, why didn't the technician know not to do that?? Jessy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Howard Bryan
harpergeorge...
Mar 10, 2012 10:59 pm
Very few technicians understand the change in string specifications. I have yet to speak with an L&H trained technician who was told anything about this...
