I expect most of you already know about this, but I wanted to be sure everyone had the official latest info. I hope to meet lots of you there! Paul Knoke ...
Hello, My name is Laura Mason Lockard and I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I have played early music for years but am relatively new to the harp. I have a stoney ...
Hi there Derek Bell used a Grecian on his recording of Dussek harp and piano duets and Masumi Nagasawa played some tracks on a Grecian on one of her CDs.....
I have some that were removed from old harps. Give me an address and I'll mail them to you, assuming that you are able to clean them up for further use. Best!...
Hello Robert - I enjoyed your website! Is there a way I can get a CD through you? I live in the USA and am not sure how I would go about converting funds...
Hello Joanna Send me your address & I will send you a CD. They cost me very little ot run off. The harp is a double action Grecian style Erard about 1830. 43...
hi Laura, If you do a search in youtube, you can find David Watkins playing on an Erard Grecian. There is also an Erard Grecian for sale on ebay right now,...
Was this bought by someone who's subscribed to this group? If not, I think I'll send a message to the buyer via eBay, inviting him/her to join up. Dwyn Sent...
Hi, I placed one bid, but wasn't getting answers to questions, so let it go. One of the photos showed what may be significant insect damage. The seller just...
Hi Darcy, I saw the one on Ebay! I would assume that grain painted would be faux graining, although I'd be hesitant to rely on an auction house to know much ...
Thanks for the info. I'll send him a message, and hopefully we'll have a second Stumpff owner joining the group. I absolutely adore my Stumpff. It definitely...
Hi Laura, It does look nice, doesn't it? The problem is that it's hard to tell from pictures what work it might need, but it seems to look well cared for...
The antique harps listed by live auction houses are always available for inspection at the auction house, so you can either go yourself, or if it's too far,...
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a woman in her 80s with a collection of over 100 harps. The reason I am writing this, is that I foresee a potential...
I can totally relate - at first I thought I'd be happy to get just ONE antique harp, but as I do more research and see the different kinds I want more, and...
To me the issue is "How does one keep several harps happy?" An unplayed harp loses its sound - becomes unresponsive, dull sounding. These are almost like...
One Stumpff double action Grecian, circa 1825; one Venus Cherub, circa 1998 (44 string pedal harp, so theoretically similar to the Stumpff, but only...
Hello All, I'm a new member of the group, but am in touch with many of you already. I'm the chairperson for the Historical Harp Society Survey Project,working...
It's a pretty one! Maybe one of the restorers can give you an idea how much it would cost to have that neck repaired. It is a Grecian? If it is not a lot of...
Hi there its a Dodd/Dizi patent perpendicular.... they are fascinating as bits of machinery, but total liabilities as playing instruments... regulation is next...
BTW, I should have said.. *IF* it has disks... when Dodd was working with Grosjean, they also tried a systems of roller bridges, similar to the Frolische...
it has no disks. I sent on the last mail 3 links to detailed photos. see underneath. it is going for 2500-3500€. one can auction online. i cant go to see it ...
Ah, sorry, I just got the first one from the send on service and assumed that was it... Yup. it has a variant of the Frolische system, so the string is re- ...
Hello, I ran into an interesting pedal harp recently - a 44 string double action quasi-Grecian harp made by R. & L. LEWIS of New York. The instrument is said...
I did a little Googling on that last night. I think I only found one mention of a harp by this maker, in a Winterthur photographic collection, with no real...
Hi, We had a Lewis in last year. I remember that there were some unusual structural features, and that it was in pretty bad shape. The quoted price to make...
