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The Campbell bray harp I bought use this summer has developed a lifting soundboard. I'm not sure how it happened but suffice to say it will need repair. I...
i hope you've taken the tension off the strings. no need to have the harp get any worse. what model and year is this harp? being familiar with their...
Hi,? Yes, I removed all tension immediately. I too was very surprised and disappointed to say the least.? I am wonder if it may have suffered from getting too...
Hello Julie, The Campbells have a website now (www.campbellharps.com), that lists their email address:billcamp@... I have 2 Campbell Boston models, one...
Hi Edith thank you for the link to the Campbell site.? I understand about the 'belly' harps develope but that is not what my harp has the sound board has...
Hello all, A random question to throw in - I recently saw the new "Beowulf" (funky performance-capture-animated version with Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, et...
Hey! This raises some interesting historical questions. The earliest illustration of a triangular harp is from th Utrecht psalter, early 9th century. Beowulf...
[de-lurking] On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, LM wrote: [wrt use of harp in the Beowulf flick] ... Or as late as the eleventh (the only surviving ms. dates to c. 1010) My...
I was kidding. I'm probably one of the few who prefers my Medieval harp without brays. ;=)> Larry (PS: Here's an article on the subject of Lyres by my heathen...
Hi Deborah: Replies below: ... This is a probability, as we don't have any hard evidence for the earlier date. The assumption is that it existed in the oral...
Some thoughts on the questions of number of strings and bray pins raised in this thread: My survey of harps depicted in iconography (147 examples) or described...
... gregory LM <lavrans@...> wrote: Hey! This raises some interesting historical questions. The earliest illustration of a triangular harp is from th...
Thanks Ron, as ever, for your information & knowledge. Are you aware of any evidence for brays being used on wire strings? (If it's not a complete heresy to...
Richard, I know of no suggestion in either iconography or literary sources that would suggest that bray pins were ever used on wire-strung harps, with a single...
Thanks again, Ron. That was the very harp I had in mind! When I visited it, it was impossible to get a good photo, or even a properly clear view, from ground...
... brays Yes. Go to the WireHarp list and look in the photos for "Atti's" wire harp. It's a Bosch bray harp strung with steel wire. I've wondered what it...
Battle Harp? Here's about the only source I know of: The Minstrel Boy" is a song written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) who set it to the melody of The Moreen,...
... Carolyn Woolston here: I have seen the one filmed in Iceland (not called "Beowulf," I think, but I can't recall what the title was. Grendel??). This...
I just saw the movie over the weekend in one of the IMAX theaters, and it looked to me like the harp they used had bray pins, though they didn't use that in...
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Hi, I'm new here to this list. I'm having a Gothic bray harp built, designed after the one at the Boston MFA, which dates to 1700. My background has been...
I have never figured this out either but I think you want pure fifths, not pure thirds. Thirds are pretty complex. ... From: "Maria" <anamchara42@...>...
