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HistoricalHarp · The Historical Harp Society

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  • Members: 155
  • Category: Harp
  • Founded: Jul 25, 2005
  • Language: English
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262 L.M.
lavransrm Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2007
2:50 pm
Greetings all: Our HHS email list has been steadily growing and becoming more active. By all means, keep up the good work. Use the list to ask questions, share...
263 Mark Griffin
wibble_puppy Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2007
4:32 pm
Hi! I've just joined the group - good way to start the new year :) I got the message below asking new people to post something about themselves, so here...
264 HistoricalHarp@yahoog... Send Email Jan 2, 2007
12:01 pm
File : HHS Logo Search.doc Description : HHS needs a new logo!...
265 Richard York
goddescale Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
12:38 pm
Happy New year to all, and thanks for the invitation to new members to introduce ourselves. I live in the middle of England, in Northampton, from where I...
266 mefecit Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2007
1:51 pm
... Hello: I am a metalsmith living in West Virginia U.S.A..I don't play but you can call me an inabler, making things for others. The harp in the "Foundling"...
267 LM
lavransrm Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
2:20 pm
Hi Daniel: If you're not already on this group, you probably should be: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/ Larry M...
268 wibble_puppy Offline Send Email Jan 3, 2007
3:13 pm
Hi everyone! I have found a teacher!! which is fabulous - Frances Kelly, near Chichester. So now I really do need to find someone who will lend me a Gothic ...
269 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
3:39 pm
... Kinellan,...< Hi Richard and welcome to the small but vital historical harp society group. I was interested in your comment on 'the customised Kinellan' ...
270 Pat Yarrow
yarrowp Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
4:04 pm
No fair! I'd be happy to be share if there are any takers. Pat _____ From: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
271 Paula
fairhillfox Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
4:46 pm
Dear Wibble, Your excitement is palpable! Being on the other side of the big drink, I can't help you with the harp question, but do keep us posted. I'd like to...
272 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
4:53 pm
you're not the woman from colorado who's selling this stuff on ebay, are you? ;-) Pat Yarrow <yarrowp@...> wrote: No fair! I’d be happy to...
273 Mark Griffin
wibble_puppy Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
6:47 pm
Sure thing Paula! Stand by for incoming ;o) wibble xx ... From: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Paula ...
274 Pat Yarrow
yarrowp Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
7:18 pm
Oh, no. I'll give it away for free. Just come and get it - please! Pat _____ From: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com] On...
275 Richard York
goddescale Offline Send Email
Jan 3, 2007
10:28 pm
Hi Gregory, ... from distinctly snow-less UK! It's customised in shape only. I first found the Kinellan model on Ardival's stand while asking Bill Taylor...
276 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2007
5:17 pm
i hope everyone here has had a chance to look at the lovely harp that daniel 'mefecit' made. (is that redundant or what?) dan that is indeed a lovely...
277 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2007
5:35 pm
... years of piano, accordian, melodeon, anglo-concertina, etc., all of which have right hand high, left bass, that I just couldn't get my brain to accept...
278 mefecit Offline Send Email Jan 4, 2007
5:51 pm
... indeed ... Hi: The soundbox is one block of willow wood . The brown edge spot is bark left on.The neck and pillar are both cherry. The color is not right...
279 Pat Yarrow
yarrowp Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2007
6:10 pm
I'm still in awe on your being able to do both, Gregory. I made the switch to left shoulder about twenty years ago for the wire harp, and now I play nylon and...
280 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2007
6:45 pm
... wire harp, and now I play nylon and gut on left shoulder, as well. Can't do any lever changes during a piece, of course, but then, I don't play music with...
281 Pat Yarrow
yarrowp Offline Send Email
Jan 4, 2007
8:13 pm
I usually damp for nylon and gut as well as for wire, especially in the lower strings. It makes for a noticeable difference in the sound, enough so that I've...
282 gregory balsewicz
zciweslab Offline Send Email
Jan 5, 2007
5:07 am
yes, i've tried the b and bflat in the same octave on the gothic minstrel's harp and like tuning in the comhluighe in the wire harp, you have to be on the...
283 Richard York
goddescale Offline Send Email
Jan 5, 2007
6:15 pm
Hi Gregory & all. I wouldn't pose as such a profound commentator! For what it's worth, I'll pass on the main thing which I've come to realise more than...
284 eichhoffk Offline Send Email Jan 5, 2007
11:38 pm
Hi all, I am new to the list. I am an amateur harpist living in Fort Collins, Colorado. At this point I have a 26 string Dusty and an older Lyon and Healy...
285 Paula
fairhillfox Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
5:59 am
Welcome, eichhoffk! Thanks for your introduction. Paula...
286 Mark Griffin
wibble_puppy Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
7:01 pm
Hi everyone, Those pegs we call "brays" or "bray pegs" or "bray pins"...... Does anyone know what they were called in the late medieval period? (second half of...
287 ronald cook
srcookjr Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
8:03 pm
There exist very few specific references to bray pins (by any name) anywhere in Europe in the middle ages or Renaissance. However, an English merchant used...
288 Mark Griffin
wibble_puppy Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
9:10 pm
Ron, Many thanks for sending that very valuable information. I wonder how unusual the merchant was in having a double harp - he will have been well-off if he...
289 Marlena Schilke
chapelartsne Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
9:23 pm
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6551(195708)2%3A8%3A31%3C270%3ATMSOAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R Follow the links to access this article. Ron, Many thanks for...
290 Paula
fairhillfox Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
9:27 pm
Interesting! Thanks, BabZ and Ron. Paula ... http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6551(195708)2%3A8%3A31%3C270%3ATMSOAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R ... sounds very ... ...
291 Mark Griffin
wibble_puppy Offline Send Email
Jan 6, 2007
9:33 pm
Genius! Thank you Marlena! Aha, he was a Cely. Nice one. wibble xx ... From: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf...
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