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Oct 1, 2005 6:57 pm
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"loaded" strings have been used for the lower strings on viols - for the same reasons. I believe that they were made in italy, However, I think that these ...
No, these are all-gut strings. The following paper addresses this issue: http://www.aquilacorde.com/articles4.htm It seemed like it might be relevant to us. ...
HARP MASTERCLASS WITH MAXINE EILANDER sponsored in part by the Eastman School of Music and the Eastman Community Music School. Maxine Eilander will give a harp...
Hey all: Although this is a harp list, I think that many of us really enjoyed Hoppy's concert at AEM, so I thought I'd pass this along. He's playing a series...
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Hey all: Now that the elist is up and running, let's put it to use. Do any of you have any announcements about seasonal concerts, either by yourself or...
Anne - What a pleasure to receive the latest issue of the HHS (?nomenclature) Bulletin! Larry's article brought back great memories of an enjoyable week...
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Dear Larry and HHS friends, When I get a message like this from HHS, I can't access the attachment. Is this because of a setting on my own email? Most...
Hi friends and folks, This year I *finally* went and recorded a Christmas harp CD after returning from Bennington and getting into the air conditioning. It's...
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Dec 15, 2005 4:27 pm
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Congratultions Ellen! I am going to do an Xmas CD on triple harp this year. For years I have purposely avoided doing a "holiday" CD but I can see it's a good...
Hi harp friends, I recently rented the DVD of the film The Bishop's Wife starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven. It's a wonderful Christmas...
Becky called me earlier this afternoon with some sad news. She returned home from a full day of gigging yesterday to find Robin, her husband of only 8 months,...
well i was able to buy both blue and red 'painters' markers and have to report this: the color is very opaque and it doesn't rub off on your fingers and get...
Dear Anne, Oh dear, how very shocking and tragic. I don't know Becky, but my deepest sympathy goes to her and her family. Thank you for sharing the news with...
hi all i hope you've been following the interesting going-ons of the wire harp group site. if indeed gryffudd ab cynan invited irish harpers to wales to...
Don't use paint, because of the deadening effect. A permanent marker (like a Sharpie, or similar brand) dyes the gut string without coating it, and if allowed...
Playing both a QM and a bray harp, I have to say that the bray harp has it's own grand, royal sound that the era may have preferred. It appears that Bill...
Gregory, I am interested in learning which brand of marker you used. After several experienced harpists suggested using Testors paint markers, I recently...
Gregory, is this for your wire or your gut strings? For wire, I buff all the strings with steel wool first, then use a standard transparent marker on the ones...
I think having Peter Greenhill share his research at the next conference is a great idea. Anyone else out there?... gregory balsewicz <zciweslab@...>...
pat, this coloring is for the gut strings. i haven't needed to replace any wires yet, but thank you for the advice. i dread twisting toggles- what a perfect...
Hello, This has been a good discussion. If any one of you has enough information pulled together about not only the practical aspects of coloring strings, but...
Hi! I'm also on a harpmakers elist- Here's a bit of dialog on this topic: (This talks about nylon, not gut.) Larry Miller Here's a post from Glen Hill sometime...
thanks ron, david, larry et al with your suggestions. the natural gut strings that i get from dan larson take a sharpie really well. their porousness draws...
hi folks i hope you've all been tuned into the on going discussions in the wireharp group site concerning ap huw performance practice. while a bit surprised...
