This has been the craziest month I've had since I started this business. First, there was the Case of the Disappearing Wurlitzer, fortunately solved...
There have been lots of harp scams recently. People sell harps on ebay that they don't own...they take a picture and details off another auction or website....
I appreciate your comments, Howard. BEWARE is the by-word on just about all transactions. We, Harps International, have been the target for a number of scams....
I looking to rent a single action harp from February 21-26 2006 in Montreal and April 28-May 8 in Portland Oregon, to play Mozart Concert with Arion Ensemble...
I may be able to help you. I have a single action Lyon and Healy in perfect playing condition. Made in 1890, it is the original style "11" : 42 strings, single...
Dear Peter, Thank you for replying to my query. What was anyone doing making single actions at the end of the 19th century? Where is this harp and could you...
Hi there, sorry to chime in on this, but ... there is really very little to be gained in playing K299 on a single action L&H, except the entailed complexities...
Hi Mike, I am still asking the question, what is a L&H single action from 1890 and why were they making single actions at this point when the repertoire was...
Hi there, L&H made singe action versions of their smallest model as a cheaper option for beginners or, as it says in their cataloge 'for street musicians'....
Mike: I am curious whether you may have any documentation or other information that K299 was not performed until 1880. I am sorry, but I do not recall this...
Hello Maria, I concur in your comments and observations. I cannot tell you why Lyon and Healy made a single action harp in 1890. My speculation is that it may...
Mike, You seem very definitive in your first paragraph conclusion. Why do you feel that they are “not appropriate for period instrument work”? Are they...
Hi there, OK, lets deal with the easy question first... K299 was written in 1778, 15 years before the 'Empire' style (as it was later christened) was...
Mike, Peter, et al, Maria contacted me to get a harp for her February concert. I agreed to lend one that belonged to me, but someone to whom I had previously ...
Mike, You have alot of valuable information to impart, which I for one, really appreciate. Nevertheless, one major concern arises: the difference between a...
Hi Howard, How would you evaluate the L&H single action, 42 string "11" in all this? Best regards, Peter Peter S. Reis Harps Unlimited International 21 High...
Hi, Peter, I've never had my hands on one. They are obviously quite rare. I can guess, however, that its construction and its soundboard are similar to the...
Hi there, to misquote Dolly Levi,' research is like manure... its no good unless you spread it around'. Please don't get me wrong, the L&H single action is a...
Hi Everybody! I should probably know better than to jump in here, but since this discussion is on the same question I lectured about at the 2000 Historical...
Hi Mike, Howard and Paul, I surrender to each of you on this issue: it has been an excellent example to me of the value of this web site! I have learned more...
Peter, I envy you the Nadermann. As for the L&H, I'd perform any music that I could play on it. While there are certain times and places where one goes for an...
Hi All Howard, it's really interesting that you should bring this up right now! Just a couple of weeks ago I was talking with the harpists at the local harp...
If someone were to do this at a reasonable price I'd have sales for three of them right off the bat in upstate New York. It's amazing to me that no one has...
Mike Lewis and I discussed this idea in some detail about 6 years ago. We thought that a 55-lb harp with some cast ornaments instead of carved ones, gilded...
Hi Mark! What would you consider to be a “reasonable price”? Maybe there is a such a possibility depending on your answer! Peter Peter S. Reis Harps...
It would be great if someone would make S.A. harps again, but I think for them to really sell the price would have to be somewhere between the L&H Prelude ...
Hi Evangeline, I would think that no one would be able to afford to construct such a harp within the price range you have mentioned. I believe, and Howard,...
Have a look at the Budin Pandore http://www.harpebudin.com/harpes/occasions.php They are not works of great beauty, unless you are into modernism... but they...
The cost issue is such a big issue with me and purchasing a 2nd pedal harp. I know they pay for themselves over time....but I will also need to purchase a new...
