Group Information- Members: 180
- Category: Harp
- Founded: Jul 25, 2005
- Language: English
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The Historical Harp Society has been formed for friends of the harp interested in the exchange of ideas and information about early harps, their construction, and their music. The Society encourages research on the building of early harps.
It is hoped that through this list, interested folks will consider supporting the HHS by becoming members. For further information, please visit the HHS web site.
The Goals of the HHS are:
* To cultivate, foster, sponsor, and develop appreciation of the art, history, literature and uses of historical harps.
* To promote appreciation of and to raise the level of proficiency in the performance and use of historical harps.
* To keep historical harp makers and performers, along with other friends of the historical harp, informed about literature and activities pertaining to historical harps, and to provide occasions for them to meet.
* To promote the use of historical harps as professional instruments, and to encourage their use among amateurs.
* To encourage the reconstruction of historical harps.
* To collect and disseminate information regarding the construction of and performance upon historical harps.
Postings – please post on any of the following topics:
1) Questions related to any of the above topics.
2) Concert or Events announcements. Announcements of official society events can be found on the HHS website; local concerts and events should be posted here.
3) Member personal news.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are those of the individuals posting and are not directly or implicitly sanctioned by the Historical Harp Society, its officers, trustees, or members. Posts with offensive, inappropriate or off-topic content will be removed. Anyone posting inappropriately may be blocked from further posting. Posts may be removed when out of date or no longer active.
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Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:36 pm
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legs4legs
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Posted - Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:42 am
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Richard York
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Re: Orange, green and purple gut strings
I'm a litte behind the power curve here, but ... String color was not standardized until the 20th century, but the familiar red, white & blue scheme dates back
Posted - Tue Feb 7, 2012 10:46 pm
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peerlady
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Re: Imperial harp strings
What kinds of harps were these strings used on? Just curious... From: Jennifer <harpy@...> To: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February
Posted - Sat Feb 4, 2012 5:40 am
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Alexis Gorin
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Imperial harp strings
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
Posted - Sat Feb 4, 2012 4:28 am
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Jennifer
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