Hello all, I have been informed (for those of you who missed the bidding on Chris Bayer's harp on eBay) that there is currently a 20 string Witcher for sale at...
"Stoned Guest" is a musical parody by Peter Schickele, which in turn is a pun on the "stone guest" of Mozart's Don Giovanni. I do not do drugs. ... for ... to...
I'm playing a bunch of gigs in December, largely promoting my new CD's, not necessarily doing holiday music. My gigs are all in eastern Massachusetts and...
I can get the homepage up but none of the links in the grey box at the top ever appear, so I can't access anything. Is it just my puter? Can anyone help? ...
Hmmm.....I've just spent the last 45 minutes wandering happily through Simon's new site, and had no trouble at all with links... *must* be your computer !...
clarsach.net has information on harpmaker jay witcher and other folk harpmakers at www.clarsach.net/makers.htm .jonathan st.thomas ... simon@c... wrote: Hello...
Simon, can you tell me how to access your new site? I just rejoined the Wire Harp group, and somehow missed the information regarding your new site. Many...
hi folks. I'm playing all over Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. I'm doing a pretty cool Christmas concert at Levittown Library, Lower Bucks County, PA...
Joanna Mell
godsharper@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:41 am
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Hello Stoned Guest - welcome to wire list. Beki told me you and her husband were having a run of things on the ebay bidding on the Wren. Hope it works out and...
Hello folks, just a heads up for anyone that might be in the area. I will be doing two Christmas shows as "Michael Keane" ( the Irish harper) at the Hennage...
Robert, What a great web site. Thats one very nice high headed wire strung harp you made there. Is it a copy of the Sirr harp? Regardless, it looks like it...
Patrick Steven Ann ...
redhouse@...
Dec 5, 2004 4:43 am
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Thanks Steve, Yes it is a copy of the Sirr. I scaled the drawing from Armstrongs book. The spinet is terrific; I made it from plans I got from the Smithsonian....
using silver to get the bass down to that low C, the treble was ok in brass. when i can find the stringlist i'll post it. the experiment ended when someone...
Hello, I have been harping for years, and playing the wire harp for four. About two years ago I took up Celtic fiddle and as I have progressed, I have realized...
Hi Cliff. Sorry to hear you're parting with the wire strung harp. Just a small point, without being anathamized by the list, but Chris Caswell once suggested...
Patrick Steven Ann ...
redhouse@...
Dec 7, 2004 4:57 am
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Hello Patrick, Thanks for your advice and your concern. I guess I'm one of the lucky folks that grow very, very hard nails. So nails have never been the...
I play fiddle and wirestrung. I refuse to give up either. I tilt my fingers a bit and vibrato comes out just fine on fiddle. Sorry to hear you are throwing in...
Hi Steve, You have my sympathies! Nails and real life can be a pain, but since I began taking some appropriate food supplements I find they grow a lot better &...
Oh let's not be hasty now. I have been playing fiddle for 25 years and wireharp as well, and I agree that you cannot let the left hand nails get too long BUT- ...
Hi Cliff, I'm sorry to hear that you are selling your Avalon wire harp. I sympathize with your situation. At times I also had been tempted to sell my wire...
Hello all, maybe I have missed it but I have not seen any discussion here of Alison Kinnaird's new CD. I ordered a copy from MusicScotland as soon as it was...
I was wondering the same thing, Simon. I only picked up a copy this weekend. I didn't even know she had a new one out: I stumbled on it while at Tower...
Temple Records have been hinting at it for a while now. You are right, she has very effectively liberated the Air by Fingal from Bowie's rather leaden piano...
Hi all, I thought I would ping the wisdom of the WireHarpBorg and see what the opinion is on Ray Doherty and the hard-side cases he makes? My harp teacher had...
Here's an excerpts from Claddagh's latest "new releases" newsletter which may be of interest: NEWSLETTER FROM: CLADDAGH RECORDS Dame House Dame Street Dublin 2...
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