Edgar, and everyone else, Help. I contacted Hoover and Strong and they only carry up to 30ga. silver. They only harden up to 24ga. Which is not large...
You can find a list of wire gauges and the actual diameter they correspond to at http://www.reade.com/Conversion/wire_gauge.html There you'll see that 30 ga...
Yes. You'll never need silver wire higher than 24 gauge. The higher the gauge the thinner the wire. Past 24 gauge the strength won't be enough for the...
Adrian & Edgar, Thanks guys! Chris ... From: Edgar Peters To: WireHarp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:18 PM Subject: [WireHarp] Re: How's the...
... A funny tale to back up the truth of the different gauges in use: When I first started talking to Ben about experimenting with precious metal strings on...
Hi, Awhile ago someone posted on the list that they had access to a recipe for Peat Dye. As I'd like to finish my new harp this way (is it a more historically...
Me too! Since I've just about gotten Herself sanded down and ready for a new finish. Chris ... From: wubblejorj To: WireHarp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
Greetings one and all Sounds like a possibility for me as well. I have now finished 95% of the wood working and just need to sand her to a satin smooth finish,...
Greetings one and all After a flurry of activity at the weekend I have now reached a stage where I have been able to measure the string lengths required for my...
Someone posted a question on harplist regarding what to do with corrosion on wire strings (the person says their strings are rusting?) in salt air. They live...
... That would have been me, though the "access" I have is limited! My Lamont copy was finished with a peat dye. The craftsman who did the job said he had...
Those must be steel strings. I used to play on steel many years ago, and my fingernails paid dearly for it! They really wear them down. I did indeed use steel...
Hello everyone I've been reading the list for a while now and have just joined as I finally have something that might be of interest to say! The Wire Branch of...
Reynold, It is not really so simple as that. You should consider your string tension when you design the harp. You could design a harp to be strung heavily or...
Hi Craig I am rapidly finding out how simple it is not! I have been in touch with some-one from HHSI and find that I need to do some more cutting to get the...
Warm greetings, I am to luthier of Barcelona, Spain, and it has cheered much to discover this group to me because I construct bardicas harps. I am convinced...
Hi everyone, I've been having a harder time with string breakage recently than I think I should, and I was wondering if anyone on this list can tell me why....
Hello, I will try to help him in his problems. The deficiency or excess of humidity in the atmosphere is a very important factor in the refining and...
Hello Caera, I also have a Dreamsinger Bard harp, 26 strings. My stringing chart came in a Sylvia Woods book. It lists as follows from the top down: 1-6, G to...
Hi Caera, There's nothing more annoying than a string breaking at just the wrong time. Your insight is right, however, that this is not a problem for all wire...
Thank you all so much for your help. Especially looking at LaRee's string chart, and what Cynthia gave me of her gauges, I can see a couple of likely issues...
couple of days tuning her up again on the other end. However, when my ... Oops, I meant "soundbox". I was referring to where the neck joins the soundbox,...
Hello again Caera, My Dreamsinger is of Cherry wood. I've had her since Feb 2003. When I break a string, I still lose two at a time. My wire harp teacher said...
Thank you so much, LaRee. So your harp is newer than mine and Muis may have learned to use more gauges between 1999 and 2003. I think the other girl's harp...
Well, this all sound very frustrating, Caera! In addition to checking guages, and the other ideas that have come up, here's some other things for you to check....
We completed our 9th annual Toledo Harp Week on June 30th. You will very much enjoy this short presentation of photos and audio, which our local paper, the...
Caera, Actually, it sounds like alot of your problem may be related to string slippage either at the tuning pin or at your toggle. It should not be such a...
... Yes, it does. I had a coil of .018" gauge that was brittle, I couldn't even wrap it around a toggle without it snapping in two. Another coil of .018" from...
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