Hi, I'm interested. Please send the email photo and I'll make an offer. I'm in West Virginia - where are you? Thanks, Howard Emerson ... From:...
howdy@...
Mar 1, 2002 1:42 pm
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Wow...great responses. thanks to both Peter and Simon. That explains a great deal about the process perhaps used to make the harp from Brittany which I own....
jacqueline lynaugh
bluefairy6_2000@...
Mar 1, 2002 4:04 pm
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One more question for the scholors. My willow sound box has grain that goes in all directions which I thought perhaps weakens the wood. When I mentioned this...
jacqueline lynaugh
bluefairy6_2000@...
Mar 1, 2002 4:09 pm
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Hi Robert, I've played this piece in the past. Although my version is different than Patrick's, I avoid the F natural in the printed versions and play an...
In a message dated 3/1/02 12:23:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... This tune is not in my repertoire, but I just played through it to see what I can come up with...
Thanks Cynthia, I'm with you on this. "Squire Wood's Lament on Ye Refusal of His Halfpence" I think is the whole title. In fact I think Derek Bell on his...
Patrick Steven Ann ...
redhouse@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:25 am
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Mine are all solid block bodies, hollowed out. I recall a discussion way back, on the harpmakers list, about a fella ( I think it was Mr. Kilroy) who used to...
Isn't that the proper way to do it? Don't Ardival do theirs that way? Although he Queen Mary according to Armstrong has sort-of dovetails at the top end which...
In a message dated 3/2/02 3:48:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Ardival wire harps (and most of the gut harps too) are hollowed from a solid block of wood. The...
<snip>However, if the above is true, then one wonders why the Irish harp soundboxes were traditionally hollowed out from a solid piece of willow? (snippity) ...
In a message dated 3/2/02 1:32:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... But don't we have evidence that the backs of the Lamont and Queen Mary were solid? Does anyone...
Just my opinion/observations: To Date, I don't know of a 1 piece soundbox from one of the older harps that _hasn't_ cracked or split. Trying to make the grain...
In a message dated 3/2/02 2:59:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... One might imagine that any harp 700 years old would split, no matter what construction was...
A wood-rot specialist friend of mine once told me that salix alba (English white willow) isn't like American willows but more like alnus rubra (western red...
In a message dated 3/2/02 6:40:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, garethk@... ... Ha! Ha! Actually, I was most amazed to see that Alan Stivell has a "crystal ...
I have two fiddles, one is a Nuener&Hornsteiner from c. 1870, and the interior blocks are , as far as I know, sharp. I also have a 1760 Richard Duke that I...
Why, then, do other stringed instruments generally have their hole or holes on the soundboard? (And how, for that matter, do some manage without any holes at...
Hi everybody. Anybody want to go to Ireland (WV) for St. Patrick's day? I'm forwarding this from John Lozier, who's organizing the harp part of the day....
howdy@...
Mar 3, 2002 5:50 pm
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In a message dated 3/3/02 12:53:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... AH HA! My Witcher's soundboard is at least that thick. So there's another important factor for...
In a message dated 3/3/02 4:35:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Good question, Jim. I second it! Why indeed? To muddy things a bit, a few years ago when we...
Aaaawww...
You got me all excited because I'm going to Dublin on St. Paddy's day. It took me a while to figure out this is Ireland, West Virginia! St....
Dear Group, I'm sorry if my last post offended anyone in it's tone. I am not a harpmaker or an acoustics engineer. So some of this may be incorrect, but it’s...
In a message dated 3/3/02 3:34:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... No, I was just confused. Which was probably my fault, anyway, for not reading your message...
Hello Everyone, if I may I'll drop in a few pennies. I've been going over and over harp soundbox design for the last week or so (coincidentally I started a...
In a message dated 3/3/02 4:29:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Not on your life. I'm a wimp. ;-) --Cynthia Cathcart http://www.cynthiacathcart.net/ [Non-text...
Just thought I'd put in my two cent's worth (really, now that Austria is on the Euro):My experience is Just thought I'd add my two cent's worth (really, now...
Hi all- more physics, rather long and boring, in reply to Chris Michalski. The general idea Chris proposes, that a chamber has to be big enough to resonate...
I finally got Avalon from Scott today. This is the harp that was advertised on this list a few weeks ago. UPS came on Friday, and I've been playing her as...
