Hello everyone! I just wanted to remind everyone that the Stone Mountain Highland Games is coming up on the weekend of October 18-19! The SHSA sanctioned...
Hello All, Though not directly related to the wire harp, this may be of some interest to the readers of this group who are interested in the music of the...
Karen, that is completely fascinating. The fundamentals of harp making still apply unabated and so the first question that occurs to me is how do you graduate...
I can't wait to hear it with a skin soundboard. I have a small African bow harp with cord strings, and one of the strings brays a little because it touches a...
Perhaps they can somehow twist them like catlines?- employing more strands for thicker strings. Except for violin bows, I have never seen horsehair from the...
Don't I remember seeing something exactly like that in the hands of Bill Taylor at Historical Harp in Amherst? Horsehair Catlines, are ANY of our pets realy...
Look at the string on the left side of the web page and a close up of the strings on the harp. Peter Wilson ... strands for thicker strings. Except for violin...
Greetings list Regarding "gauges" of horsehair. I think we are making a huge assumption here. I remember quite a few years ago Mike Parker at Trinity (Dr. Mike...
Sounds interesting but it would be good to see Bill Taylor and Paul Dooley involved. Both have put a lot of work into Ap Huw. Paul is probably the only person...
WRT achieving different "gauges": In the dim dark past of fly-fishing, lines were commonly made of braided horsehair, and were tapered from butt to tip, over...
Hi all, if I remember Mike Parker's horse hair strung harp with parchment or lether soundboard correctly (given its been 8-9 months since I last sawn it) I...
Yes, as you probably know I am a big fan and with Paul Dooley’s Ap Huw CD you get the best of both worlds, sound academic research courtesy of Peter...
You've obviously met Mike's horsehair harp more recently than I, since it was , er, maybe 10 years ago that I met it - it had a sound a little like a low...
Hi Everybody, Just wanted to let you know my Mt. Glenn 36 string wire harp is still available. I've lowered the asking price to $3200, and will consider any...
Hello All, Thanks very much for all the replies to the telyn rawn post. Great discussion and good input from everyone. Your comments were right on and you...
The instructors have been decided for the Ohio Scottish Arts School at Oberlin, Ohio, in 2009. Corrina Hewat from Scotland has just confirmed that she will...
Greetings all! I play lever harp, and am interested in starting on the wire-strung harp (with my strong interest in the Irish language, Irish history and Irish...
... The Limerick harp, if I recall and I'd be glad to stand corrected on this, is strung with steel wire. That is a whole 'nuther animal than the brass and...
He really doesn't have the expertise (or the tools) at this juncture to build one from scratch. Maybe at some point down the road. Right now, we're at the...
Hello, Audrey. A friend of mine in Portland, Kathleen, is a well-respected lever harp teacher. When I moved to wire strung harp in 2006, she let me try out a...
Hi, Do Ardival still offer the Kilcoy in an unfinished state? I seem to remember they used to offer a version where you had to finish the surface & put the...
The problem is, I'm not so much looking to get a wire harp cheaply as I am trying to help my husband with a new enthusiasm that may work into a major hobby for...
Thanks for asking, Richard. Yes, Ardival does offer the Kilcoy as a kit. Your memory is still good! ;-) If anyone on the list is interested, please feel free...
That's good Cynthia, but what do you mean "/still /good" - I'm not/ that/ ancient!!! :-) Richard (with no offence taken!) ... [Non-text portions of this...
Thank you, Audrey, for clarifying that I had some misinformation about the differences in models. I didn't realize that Stoney End constructed their...
Yeah...it's hard to tell from their website because, for some reason, they have the Brittany pictured in both places (took me a while to realize that, until I...
if Kits are your limiting factor and you can get a kilcoy kit, DEFINITELY go that route. Its a better harp. The thing is its great that your husband wants...
Hello, There is a wonderful "harp makers group" on yahoo you and your husband might find useful. It is a good group of folks who might be helpful to you....
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