... although the high A is laten and the high B is gold. They do all sound different and this certainly enriches the overall sound texture. I must say I'm...
Dear Friends, a happy new year for You all! On www.myspace.com/jochenvogel You'll find an old, new tune to raise Your glasses to: „A Wee Dram“. All the...
... friend Terry, ... with the ... large variety of alloys, hardnesses, tensile strengths, etc. The bronze commonly to be had is usually 80/20 phosphor bronze...
... be cast , but can't be drawn into wire. I have no idea why this wire is called 80/20 phosphor bronze. It is 92% copper, 7.7% tin, and .3% phosphorous. I...
... can ... is 92% copper, 7.7% tin, and .3% phosphorous. ... called 80/20 bronze because it is 80% copper and 20% ZINC! That makes it brass, does it not?...
Chris wrote: "My question for the rest of you that have silver strings on your harps, is this normal to have such ease with these stings? Do they stay in tune...
...and I forgot to say what good fortune it is to have Daniel Tokar on this list, who is making so much auditory pleasure available to those of us who benefit...
Hi Sue, Where do you find gold strings? Perhaps I missed the email with the resources for harp strings. I am very new to the harp world. My harp arrived only...
Hi: Thanks, Sue. I sometimes get lost in mundane work and it does help to hear that the wire work has helped add to peoples enjoyment . You should direct a lot...
... strings. I am very new to the harp world. My harp arrived only last month from McDonald's in Scotland. The bottom stirngs are silver, but, I would love to...
Hi Deidre. Whom you contact re: gold strings depends on which part of the world you're in. If you're in the UK or western Europe, Simon Chadwick would be a...
... Hi Deidre, A source in the States for Silver Strings is in my town of Silver Spring, Maryland. And no, I didn't move here because of the name, but it's a...
Can anyone point me to any online drawings or photos of any of the ancient harps, modern reproductions, or modern harps configured like the medieval harps that...
The best published are: The Irish and Highland Harps Robert Bruce Armstrong and An Historical Enquiry respecting the performance on the Harp in the Highlands...
Diedre: I ordered my gold wire from Hoover and Strong here in the states, but I think you'll have trouble putting gold in the treble. It doesn't really have...
A gold string is still worth its weight in gold, so if anything happens to it, you can always return it to a jeweler for scrap. The best investment I made was...
... If you string your harp with tinsel do you have a metal strung harp or a polymer strung harp? Lead tinsel is too soft and toxic. You should be able to...
Many thanks, Gerald. I've not much interest in plans, and the photos from the HHSI site did the trick. I'd seen some of those photos before, but not the...
Gerald Ortman's reply to previous implies that the stringband curves away from the centre-line to compensate for the non-offset of the neck. In fact, the...
... stringband curves away from the centre-line to compensate for the non-offset of the neck. In fact, the stringband is central, the arm is central, and it ...
... stringband curves away from the centre-line to compensate for the non-offset of the neck. In fact, the stringband is central, the arm is central, and it ...
Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I am reposting my ad for the older model Triplett wire harp, and I am offering this one at a New Year's super savings! Instead...
Hi, Hope these pictures help... and are not entirely out of focus! Please go to: "My beautiful Triplett wire harp!" under the albums page and see the cool...
Pat Yarrow is probably more conversant in this than I... I don't think they were tuning in Bb, as in "the key of Bb major." I don't think our ideas of major...
... Sue, I'm glad you are enjoying your wire-strung harp, and that the strings you have chosen make you happy! Your message got me really thinking here, Sue....
... Dear James, You're not missing anything! Just put the stringband back to the center. Nothing is off-set. The two halves of the (hypothetically) sliced harp...
