Move over tromba marina. I'm off to Vietnam in the new year so I hope to hear some live dan bao music. The dan bao is a monochord but also has a flexible arm...
Hello All, It seems that this list has been quiet of late so I'm crawling out from under my rock to relate a recent Happening. My new little 19 wire harp has...
Hello all, I've had a lady contact me who found a 29 string wire harp in a thrift store in Birmingham, Alabama. She's now smitten and wants to learn to play....
Interesting, and very nice! The sound is not unlike the one I have, though it rings for longer than mine. Quite a harpy sound here. The arrangement he uses...
Here's a video of Vincente LaCamera playing Lamento di Tristano on a brass strung plucked psaltery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gzf5yspZNo Peter Wilson...
There is no evidence for bowed psalteries in the middle ages because they were not invented until the late 19th century by Germans to help learn bowing...
P.S. I don't know about over in the USA, but on this side if a harp's that cheap it's probably going to be deeply frustrating, and not sell well later, when...
Hi Crystal, I see I'm not the first, but the plucked psaltery seems like a good one to try. I've posted a pic. of mine in an album called "Psaltery" on the ...
Hello Crystal, Have you considered or tried a Mountain Dulcimer? I've been playing around with one. They have wire strings, actually usually only four, are...
Hi Crystal, I think a better bet than a bowed psaltery would be a plucked psaltery. You can find historical repro models by Googling for "hognose psaltery"...
... I regularly play the wire-strung harp and have had an opportunity to fool about with some bowed psaltery's when I used to live in Houston, very near...
Hello, Let me say, I've never played a wire-strung harp or even seen one in person, so this could be a very dumb question. I've never played a bowed psaltery...
Crystal
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Nov 2, 2009 5:18 pm
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What a nice story. Magda will slow down when she starts to realize that wire strung technique is more complex than she thought, and that playing the harp well...
Hello, It has been a year since I joined this list when I was interested in building a wire-strung historical-esque harp. At this writing I now find myself...
I have a 25-string Markwood harp with a beautiful voice I am interested in selling or trading for a small nylon strung. If you are interested I can send you...
Cynthia wrote about someone making copies of her book for a harp circle, thereby saving them the cost of buying their own. I would say that the same applies to...
Flieg wrote: <<Writing or even writing and sharing fan fiction is *NOT* illegal. The protection given to the characters of a writer (or TV producer) is not ...
Hi Group! Sometime back I believe I posted information that I have a Triplett Ancient Irish wire-strung harp that I bought used and was having trouble with...
Ignoring for the nonce the details of The Law (which some people see as inconveniences to be ignored, challenges to be overcome, or draconian nonsense to be...
... Anyone here who does not have a copy of this truly excellent CD should make amends at once; you can order it online from http://www.harpofgold.net/ Simon...
Hrtmm *cough* Writing or even writing and sharing fan fiction is *NOT* illegal. The protection given to the characters of a writer (or TV producer) is not ...
Frederick J. Hollander
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Oct 12, 2009 7:39 pm
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM, gregory balsewicz ... It was gone before I could see it, but I take it from further discussion it was recorded at the events...
... Timothy - I recommend to you the CD by Ann Heymann entitled "Cruit go n'Or - Harp of Gold", Track 13 - "Sith Co Nemh" (pronounced "sheedh coe nyev" where...
Yes, let's agree that there are many ways to view this. for the fat cat capitalists who can afford to jet around to this school and that school and this...
It is my understanding from those that do this sort of thing (both authors and performers) that "giving away" some, or all of their product in the manner of...
There's another view to the notion that copying an arrangement or recording a performance is "stealing". I am not necessarily disagreeing with anything...
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