Hey everyone, I remember reading somewhere that bog wood, being completely crystalised, has a better (clearer, longer and more unison) resonance. Have yet to...
Hi folks ... have ... wood, ... The acidity of bogland can react quite quickly on fresh timber - Oak fenceposts in bogland will turn black within a few years,...
< I'm wondering how long you'll have to bury a harp (or the ready carved parts) into a bog before it fossilise.> Well, working on becoming a fossil meself,...
Hi, I sometimes suffer from carpel tunnel symptoms especially after practicing for some time. I wear wrist gards at night, which some studies show reduces...
Peter Berry in the Puget Sound area has a Peter Kilroy harp with a backboard of some sort of bog wood. It has a lovely sound, delicate yet loud and bell-like....
Hello All... Regarding giving willow a good soak, I would have considerable doubt that bog wood can be simulated or reproduced by a short period of soaking in...
Hi All - <In articles in wood magazines, and in remarks by users on the WoodWeb, <no one has commented that this wood, once sawn and dried, possesses any ...
Dear All, I would like to ask for your experiences, opinion and recommendations. One of my friends here in Hungary (a harper from Moldova) would like to buy a...
Hi Davy Perhaps you know this already, but, there is a film by David Shaw Smith. It is part of the Hands series. It's called A Forgotten Voice-Irish Harp...
Hello Brendan... I have checked BBC and Amazon, as well as Google, but cannot find a copy of David Shaw Smith's film on harp making or any other part of the...
... day and sometimes, a lot more.) It was extremely painful in the playing position. And plus, it ached quite a bit at other times. It was progressing and...
The voice of experience here...had tendinitis and have recovered... Avoid heat! (The inflamation inside is already generating heat, and it is about the worst...
... still ... One reminder re: "massaging where it hurts" - sometimes, with some repetitive stress disorders, the site of pain may not be the (only) site of...
Hi Folks Brendan - thanks for that, knew there was one , but didn't know it featureed kilroy as to sourcing this it was filmed by RTE the irish national...
And more thanks - that's useful & at least partly reassuring, Ralph. Best wishes, Richard ... From: Ralph Conner To: WireHarp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Thanks for all your various replies. I'm going to see the nerve etc. clinic, and will listen to what they have to say, but am still most reluctant if it...
Hello Attila - This link will give you good information about microphones, amplification, sound systems, etc. There is also a discussion of microphone...
Hi Attila, Personally the best mic I've used so far is the RODE NT3. I've also had pretty good experience with RODE NT5 and AKG C1000. The tone gets a little...
Hello Wire-Harpers, I have put a new tune onto my myspace-profile: http://www.myspace.com/jochenvogel . It is a recording of Charlie Mariano's "Bangalore"...
Hi Deborah, great big thanks for your kind response and your hints regarding mics and amplification. I'm going to check Stephen's pretty extensive knowledge...
Hi Ciaran, thank you very much for your response and hints as well. I'm going to forward this info to my friend and he'll surely get good use of it. Three...
Well...I can't say much about the specifics of recording harp music... ...but I've worked for the past 18 years in television production studios. At my last...
Hi Dale, thank you very much for your response and recommendations. I'll let my friend know about this Shure SM58 model and we'll see if he'll have the chance...
Hi Attila - Thanks so much for the explanation. I was curious because Athy, our friend in Argentina, had once asked me what Attila meant and I didn't know....
Deborah, I noticed this notation on your electronic signature a couple of times now. I'm just curious... ...does this mean you would also object to the...
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