... The above statement right here is what I'm trying to get at. What *did* the harp do, in its heyday? And where can I go to educate myself about it,...
... So You Wanna Be A Researcher *The Internet - Not a Bad Start* The 'Net is a great place to find a broad range of articles and information, some of...
... I found that to be a very valuable reply. People have a tendency to fill in gaps if no concrete evidence is in the offing and glide along as if the fill...
... Jamie, you're a wonder. What a fabulous explanation of how to be a researcher. Thank you. You are also right about being careful. Simon's research is ...
... A friend from Scotland raised an eyebrow at me once when I referred to the drink he was offering me as 'Scotch'. So I asked, "What do you call it in...
Ah hah!!! I thought I recognised some of the landscape in the background of your harp pictures... I went to school at Sullins. Sullins - at least the...
Great advice on research Jamie - I'd definitely reiterate to start with Tree of Strings, then as you say, go search out the references in that work to find...
... Ha! What a very small world it is. Sullins College became Sullins Academy, a private school, and I taught there for several years serving as headmaster...
... Ah, *opinions* - THAT I can definitely provide to you! [grin] Didn't Shakespeare say something like "That which we call a skunk, by any other name, would...
... Many thanks. My frustration is that their real forte is how they sound. So far all my recordings are very, very poor quality and so I didn't even include...
... Then, dear sir, you were headmaster in our old dorm room. Weirder and weirder! My then roommate says that she had heard that our room (which was the first...
Karen, the term 'Gaelic Harp' goes back at least 200 years, to the Ossianic controversy and used by a Uistman referring to Echlin O'Kane. The details are in...
Well, I did admit I hadn't gone looking! I appreciate and respect your comments, Simon, 'early gaelic' harp makes more sense, and shows an acknowledgement...
Hi All - Karen wrote - ... Some 20 years ago I had an opportunity to leaf through a copy of the Armstrong book (it was being passed around a lecture I was in,...
ok - for the scientists in the lot - What is it about heat and wireharps????? I broke a bunch of strings this weekend at the Pleasanton Games. I think it...
... Val, thank you for sharing your opinion. I think what you say about the term "Gaelic harp" is telling: I observe that you use the past tense. Part of my...
... OK, How about "Was it only the Gaels in the historic period who made and played the harps we modern people are referring to in our studies of the past,...
... Just down the road here in Tennessee, the native libation is Tennessee Sour Mash and it is spelled "whiskey", as in Jack Daniels. Probably a comment on...
... Heat is really bad for harps but especially, especially for wire harps. Or more to the to the point, it's very bad for the strings. Metal strings are...
... Not a scientist, here, just someone with some experiences. As a wire harper here in Colorado, I often go either first or last, just so the sound guys ...
No scientist here, but I quite agree about the heat problem. I've more or less given up taking my wire harp into events where I know it'll be too hot. The gut...
... about ... studies ... of ... in ... I'd say there is a third option. I feel that I am doing something that is not totally new, it is part of a continuing...
Hi: No academic letters after my name , but I have spent a number of years researching and making harpwire for Ann Heymann. Like many of these questions ,...
We had 4 tents covering us, and they hung tarps on the side where the sun came in when it got low enough to cause problems. So all the stress was just from...
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