There's an Erard on ebay right now, and the seller has some great detailed pictures, including some sort of instruction sheet (I would translate, but have ...
Nothing very interesting. Just instructions on packing and shipping the harp, with references to placing some specific protective pieces that are apparently...
As I slowly remove the gold paint from my Dodd, I have noticed the yellow under the gilding (the gesso, right). But in some places, there's a red surface-is...
The yellow material under the gilding is probably old gesso. It turns dark with age, and is more yellow than white. This would have been covered with...
Hey Evangeline, Sounds like Armenian bole, a kind of clay that is red due to the presence of iron pigments. It serves as a base for the gilding and gives the...
Ah, I should have read further in my e-mail--of course our Howard would have answered Evangeline's question more thoroughly and expertly than I! I love your...
Yesterday a couple from New York took delivery of their just restored Earard Gothic, a 46-string English instrument from about 1870. Neither of them plays...
No way is that the original finish. It looks like somebody took a can of white paint to the badly damaged and largely missing original gilt plasterwork, and...
I seriously doubt the date of that harp. It has the forchette mechanism that Erard patented in 1793, and the style is Grecian, very similar to the Erard...
If anyone wants pics of another single action Dodd for comparison I can post links to the pictures of mine---which looks very different from this one. ... ...
sorry... had an email address issue.... this is what iot should have said... Hi there, The London Erard worksop started using single arm pedals in 1803. ...
Greetings fellow antique harp addiction sufferers. Does anyone have the serial number of the Dodd, that might help. I am sitting in fornt of a nice warm fire...
Hi there, Paula's Dodd is no. 171 and has the 92 St martin's address... so I recon its pretty early. Re the wee choc. it could well be the piece from Mike B's...
Hi there, one of my students has an Erat which is in the same sort of number bracket: it has springs in the mechanism, 2 part pedals, and the hems with...
Hi Maria! I spent a lot of time with Bruce Dickey over the last couple of weeks (we played a concert together at the Bloomington Early Music Festival), and he...
Hi everyone, Mike is right, Bob--the Dodd in question is serial no. 171, which seems early. I love the discussion on this harp--I'm learning so much. Please...
Where are the Dodd #'s? Mine-I've never found a number that I thought to be a serial #. It says: Dodd (92 St. Martin's Lane) London No.30 Is 30 the serial...
Okay, so I posted the picture, but somehow I didn't click the right buttons and it ended up not in its own album but under "picture frame composition recipes"...
I was looking for Dodd info on the web, and came across this site and put in the locations that have harps. Unfortunately, the only Dodd items listed on the...
By the way, it appears that Dodd moved to Berners Street from St. Martin's Lane in 1823, so No. 171 would have to be earlier than that based on the St....
Evangeline, the serial number is on the same place on my Dodd as yours appears to be (hard to say exactly since only a portion of the harp is visible in your...
Paula, Photos are great! I love photos! So you mean the number by the name etc. is the serial number? Mine is located at the bigger end of the neck-the end...
Evangeline: Sounds like your Dodd #30 must be very old indeed, if Paula's is #171 and is pre-1823. I would love to find out how old my "Stumpy" (J.A. Stumpff...
