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Hi, I discovered this list today, and have just joined it. I am delighted to see that there exists a list for historical harps. Since you ask for an ...
... Thank you, Larry! My book will contain more detailed discussions of Viking music in general, and of the tunes, their sources and the probabilities for...
... As a new member to the HistoricalHarp List, I am browsing the message archive (and finding lots of interesting stuff). And - just in passing - I just...
Yes, changing the tuning from hexichord to diatonic is not a problem. To maintain a similar tension, you will probably want to raise the pitch of your bottom...
As I am new to the bray harp I would like to thank you in advance for indulging my questions and not snicker at how mundane they may be. When the brays are...
On mine I get kind of a "bwaaaahhh" sound that includes a lot of harmonic. And on mine either it brays or it doesn't. I'll be interested to hear what others...
it's a matter of playing around with how it's positioned on the string. trial and error, really but once it starts to bray you'll always know how to position...
Each harp I've heard seems to have its own "personality" to the way the brays vibrate. I suppose, physically, the bray tip is a supremely sensitive thing; the...
As you say, each has its own personality. The style of bray pin makes a huge difference too. My wife plays a large gothic bray by George Stevens - superb bray...
Bill Taylor told me that means that you've set the brays just right (I wondered about that too). If you listen closely to his "Two Worlds of the Welsh Harp"...
That's reassuring, Ed! I was noticing yesterday, while changing a string for my wife ( how's that for service!) that some of the notes resonate the 5th &...
OH thanks that means I only have 23 more strings to set "just right"? Yeah!? Julie _,.-:**`**:-.,_,.-:**`**:-.,_,.-:**`**:-.,_,-:**`**:-.,_, .-:**`**:-.,_ "A...
Hi, I tried to send this question to the list some time ago, but I cannot see that it ever reached the list. What are bray pins called in other languages? I...
Adjusting your brays is a fiddly thing. It is not the bray itself that vibrates. The bray is set close enough to the string that when the string vibrates, it...
Oh definitely this! Making your adjustments with the "flag"end of the bray is an almost certain "buzz kill". Also, I have sometimes found it helpful to grip...
I've found that the harmonics are actually the other strings ringing in sympathy rather than a harmonic on the string itself. It's a lot like the wire harp,...
I was looking through Ann Heymann's coupled hands book for inspiration and it dawns on me with the narrow spacing of the bray harp perhaps coupled hand ...
good question, julie. the usage of the bray harp is something that needs more thoughtful introspection. its unique voice makes it perfect for playing...
I'd like to get a bray harp someday, so before I spend several thousand dollars I have to know what you mean by "unsatisfying"! I know that any instrument can...
Yes, the bray harp is a different instrument than a non-bray harp that just so happens to have the same stringing arrangement. It's like comparing an organ...
... perhaps, peter, but the novelty wears thin quickly. i find that the eveness of tone is problematic. perhaps the upper brays were disengaged to offer a...
Hi all, Interesting discussion. I can't help but wonder whether perhaps bray harps are similar to pianos or violins, in that some are made with more mastery...
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