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...
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...
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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...
... 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"...
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 ...
... Kinellan,...< Hi Richard and welcome to the small but vital historical harp society group. I was interested in your comment on 'the customised Kinellan' ...
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...
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...
Sure thing Paula! Stand by for incoming ;o) wibble xx ... From: HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:HistoricalHarp@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Paula ...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ... ...
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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