Hi all- My two cent's worth: I agree with Cynthia, probably some harpists have always marked some strings somehow sometime. I used to mark the C and F strings...
... My harp, made in northern Scotland, lived the first year and a couple of months in Tucson AZ...dry and dusty...in a motorhome with impossible to control...
In a message dated 6/1/03 1:18:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... My fingertips don't get black either, Sheilia and yet I, too, consider myself a wire harper....
Hi all... The black fingertips might well be caused by a combination of the harper's particular body chemistry and the kind of wire the harp is strung with....
Nan Pardew
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Jun 2, 2003 3:14 am
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... I'm certain that's the case. When I played flute in junior high, my fingers turned black too, and they ate the silver plating right off the keys (over a...
It's waaaay past my bedtime, so I don't feel like getting up and hunting down my notes on the colored string thing. However, I do recall lectures as Historical...
... Nail polish works fine. Keep your eyes open around Halloween for black nail polish which is sometimes hard to find, depending on fashion. cheers, Sonja...
skh
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Jun 2, 2003 11:21 am
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In a message dated 6/2/03 7:22:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Sonja, do you use nail polish on your strings? I had heard that it affects the sound of the...
When I first got my wire-strung harp, I felt that I absolutely had to have color-coded strings, as I was a nylon and gut strung harper (ist) for many years....
Una O'Neill
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Jun 2, 2003 4:51 pm
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... I read somewhere that Mexican harpers do colour their strings....but with no particular rhyme nor reason....just because the colours look pretty... and...
... I only apply a tiny dot of nail polish in the middle of the string, and I haven't noticed any difference in the sound. Do you colour the full length of the...
Sonja Krause-Harder
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Jun 2, 2003 5:46 pm
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In a message dated 6/2/03 1:48:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... No. In fact, on my Kilcoy (19 strings) I don't color at all. My Rose (26 strings) I now have...
I just remembered that Billy Jackson colors his wire strings in stripes: one or two inches with color, one or two inches without and so on. That way he can...
For those who are interested, the 1807 book by John Gunn on "Performance Practice of the Scottish Harp" is on ebay. It's pricey with an opening price of over...
Hi! I just joined the group finally after watching on the sidelines for a while. I'm in Bloomington, so... Anybody know if the Wemyss lute MS is floating...
I think you've hit it exactly. I have a couple of harps that are strung with steel in the upper octaves and brass, or brass and bronze, in the lower. The...
Well it's been good to see some action on the ol' Wire Harp list, but we seem to have tapped out the playing blind and dirty fingers threads ;) To start a...
In a message dated 6/7/03 4:54:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Well, there wasn't going to be *any* wire at Somerset until (as I understand it) someone...
It's not a convention, but if you're stuck in the Mid-Atlantic United States and can't get up the airfare to travel to HarpCon, you can still have a workshop...
In a message dated 6/7/03 2:57:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Clarsaich@... ... Thanks for the ad spot, Cynthia. But it's "Wright". In the latest HarpCon ...
I know she has a few students on this list. I have a lesson tomorrow. My car has broken down and my husband's truck is in the shop. I need to cancel, but...
here are 3 harp organizations that can help.[a] the american harp society at www.harpsociety.org , the world harp congress at www.worldharpcongress.org and...
A good list Robert but may I add 21 - 27 July 2003 Telenn ar Gelted 2003 - Relec Celtic harp week, Plouneour-Menez, Brittany. Concerts, workshops and sessions,...
In a message dated 6/7/03 6:15:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LLWright@... ... I'm sorry Laurel, I certainy do know your name! It was a very unfortunate ...
Hi all, Well, I have recently returned from Maine and Canada, with my Witcher harp in tow, and am at long last, trying to learn to play it. I have a vague...
Donna Goodin
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Jun 8, 2003 5:01 pm
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In a message dated 6/8/03 1:02:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, goodindo@... ... You recollect well. There are some very helpful things at www.clarsach.net. A ...
Well, that's good to see, last time I had looked I don't think you were listed. It was disappointing to see no wire there (the Dusty String Symposium, which...
Yes, great additional that I had spaced on. That week always looks great, if a bit hard to find info on the web for. Thanks for pointing it out. -Robert ... ...
You've brought up a thread so close to my current dilemma, I MUST crawl out of my lurking cave and check in. I'm going to HarpCon (I graduated from IU music...
