Being as it is that i don't seem to be able to locate any plans for a double action grand consert pedal harp. Would there be anyone willing to let me take...
Dear Howard. Regarding wooden ribs. I have just sold an Erat Grecian the famous one wich fell out of the back of a Volvo in Wales. It has brass ribs. I also...
Hi there, well, the vid disk for Child of Pure Harmony is finally up and on the website.. I havn't got my test copy yet, but it should be sound. It is ...
i know you prob. get tired of hearing this but, does anyone have a simple(or general) formula for string length and thickness for all metal,gut and mono or...
It's a bit of a complicated formula unless you're into math and it's more of a choice than a rule. The formula will tell you the numbers but it won't tell you...
there are two downloadable programmes online for calculating all your questions (I hope). type in string calculator on Google and Arto's gut string calculator ...
Maria, We have finished the repairs on the 1808 Erard. Thank you for taking the precautions that you did!! I believe that you actually saved the soundboard. ...
Mcleary, thanks for getting back to me about the string formula. True enough I was just looking for some rules of thumb (or hope fully some tables)but, Its...
Craig, Thanks for your responce about the string formula. Yes I was realy just looking for some rule of thumb(or tables), I,m sure in the long run this will be...
Just a note to everybody on the list that the single action L&H style 11 has a home. It arrived on the 4th. The sound is what I anticipated it would be and it...
Hi there, very well done, and happy new harp! By 1833 the Dodds had moved to Berners Mews, so it is certainly pre then! It has the complete bridge curve in the...
Actually, having said that, I just remembered that Dodd introduced a system of helical springs in the pillar before moving to springs in the base. If it has...
I hopefully will pick it up today. Anyone who lives between Wilmington, DE and Athens, PA and wants to meet me along the way or when I pick up the harp, let...
Dear Evangeline, Here are a couple of pictures of my Frederick Grosjean Harp (circa 1838-50) that I got at an auction last year and have just restrung this...
Hello. Ricard Buswell here in the UK used to have some pictures of a similar early Dodd harp. They might be useful for putting back the plasterwork on the...
I found his page and he is sending me some pictures in the next week. I was looking at the info on his site about the harp he restored for his daughter. That...
Where exactly is it I should be looking? The guy I bought it from restores violins and finally decided it was too much of a project for him after having it for...
hi there, if you look at the open, underside of the mechanism, there are some spacers between the brass plates. The last one usually also houses the bearings...
There is an erard for sale at an antik shop in Brussel for about 6000 euros, English label patent number 4421(?). If someone is interested I can make some...
Board seems down on both edges, but some of the cracks go all the way through the wood...looking from underneath you can see light shining through. I am not at...
... metal ... Hi Howard, Now that this L&H is home - I was just going to confirm that Yup - it has wooden ribs not cast metal. But, according to L&H (I sent...
I took some photos of my own this evening and put them in the photo section (blueharpdiva's dodd harp or something like that is the album title). I took ...
Hi Kris, The first L%H harp is #501 and they went from there to 599 and then back to 101. #501 is in a glass case at L&H showroom in Chicago. Peter Peter S....
Here's the reason I'm posing that to the group: a Lyon and Healy representative very definitely wrote back to us that the numbering started with 101. Which I...
So the numbering system..... I always thought that for each model of instrument (harp, flute or otherwise) there was a different set of serial numbers. For...
The chief reason for numbering harps particulaly is that different parts were made in different departments of the factory and only met up when assembled. this...
Whomsoever told you that L&H started with 101 is flat out wrong.The first harp they ever made was 501 and you can check that yourself at their Chicago ...
Peter - I'm not disputing that the first harp they made IS numbered 501. I know for a fact it's numbered 501. What I'm trying to figure out, as a matter of...
