I'd like to thank everyone who provided advice. I got a tremendous amount of information and support, and it's been a great help. Thank you all. After a few...
I understood the Esabelle to be a nylon strung harp. Are you sure it can handle wire? I've never known any of the Stoney End harps to be wirestrung. Did you...
If you want chromatic music, it sounds like the wire strung harp is not really for your daughter. I live in Concord, Mass, and I can tell you that I have been...
Janet, You are right, the standard Esabelle is nylon cross-strung. They also offer it double strung. Gary Stone of Stoney End Harps said he could provide a...
don't forget your daughters taste in music will change as she grows. Most of my harp buddies have multiple harps. Perhaps it would be better starting with a...
Janet, I have a cross-strung wire harp (and *might* be that person Harper Tasche mentioned, but maybe not, since I got mine secondhand), and I LOVE the freedom...
Have you considered renting a harp for a month? They run $50 to $100 per month and should give you a good idea of how well she likes playing the harp, even if...
Dear JPG, the cross-strung harp which I play is a large 17th century Spanish harp with gut strings; none of my wire-strung harps have more than a single row of...
... As one of the few wire-cross-strung harpers I would have to agree it is a bit unique and challenging for a beginner. I chose it for the wire sound and as...
- my first wireharp came from a teenager who had moved from wire to nylon lever harp and then completely lost interest when she discovered BOYS. Just a...
I'd like to put in an endorsement for Stoney End wire-strung harps. I went to the double and wire harp tasting at HarpCon this summer and was very impressed...
Yes. I rented my first harp at the Harp Center in Salem. That could be a good first step for someone living close to Boston. Ed Peters ... $100 ... teachers...
It seems worth pointing out that with a cross wire you would lose the entire current damping system and the coupled hands technique. This would eliminate...
For cross strung questions you might want to subscribe to the cross strung list. The cross strung list is called HarpersCrossing and to subscribe you email:...
Greetings! A reminder that I have a 30-string Triplett wire-strung harp for sale. It's in perfect condition with extra strings, tuning wrench and harp case....
Joanna Mell
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Jan 2, 2004 11:14 pm
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Marlene, Terri , Janet, I have been following this wire cross strung thread with much interest. Having had the opportunity to listen to Harper Tasche play his...
... blades so that she can get some sharpes and flats and it won't be too confusing. She can even get a beginner harp with full blade levers. Later on when you...
... Yes, but nylon or gut.... not wire ! ... A "traditional" ( i.e. no blades, no levers, single course of strings, centered neck.) wire strung harp is the...
Hi Marlene, Your post aroused my curiosity ! How many wire-strung harps have you? Since you mention harps with blades, without blades and cross- strung....Oh...
Has anyone mentioned the life span of wire strings vs nylon and the ease of replacing them? I popped quite a few just trying to tune an Argent Fox wire, but...
... I have an Ardival Kilcoy (19 brass strings) which replaced a 26 nylon string Blevins, almost two years ago. Since then, the Kilcoy has been my only...
Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Am I missing anything important? I don't know what the others think but me personally...I think That is a VERY...
But she should have no trouble learning. We as adults bring a lot more baggage to the ... discarding my ... With her father's ... together, and the desire to...
I think the important issue is how is she going to learn how to play it? While it is conceivable that an 11 year old could teach herself to play a wire...
Has anyone mentioned the life span of wire strings vs nylon and the ease of replacing them? I popped quite a few just trying to tune an Argent Fox wire, but...
Hi, You were asking about string breakage. I have owned both brass-strung and bronze-strung harps. My bronze harp broke maybe 2 or 3 strings in the 3 years I...
My Trinity copy broke a lot of strings after I first restrung it - probably a lot of the breakage was due to me not knowing how to tie a ball end properly. It...
In a message dated 1/3/04 10:13:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Rarely if ever. I've had my Ardival Kilcoy for 6 years now (glory, has it been that long?) and...
... Here is one... Lord Boreas' Cross Strung Harp Phosphor Bronze Wire Cross Strung Lap Harp http://www.argentfox.com/Cross/x44w.html The builder and seller is...
Alexi
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Jan 5, 2004 4:49 pm
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Re: All those strings make me dizzy. Sorry, Janet I think neither one of us came at this as 'Spring Chickens' Ones the kids start in...LOOK OuT Jacqueline ...
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