Dear friends. Starting tomorrow, my brother Nelson will be performing at the Maximilian Hotel in Bad Griesbach, Passau, South Germany. Hope you get to see him...
caraul@...
Aug 1, 2002 4:56 pm
1991
Hey all: My very first harp project- a 12-stringed laptop "Psalter" type Medieval harp, is coming along nicely. Does anyone know of a good source of bag-type...
Gerrard, Making your own levers would be an ambitious project. I don't know of any plans or diagrams. I suppose with a CNC guided plasma cutter or laser (or...
Rick Kemper
RKemper@...
Aug 7, 2002 8:54 pm
1993
In a message dated 8/6/02 10:01:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Larry Try to see if colorado cases could make you one. Their website is at :...
I just changed emails and want to be sure I'm receiving all the mail from all the lists. This list-lust / addiction is sooooo fun, and sooooo bad ;) Janice ...
Dear friends: Last wednesday, at the house of Reynaldo Meza there was a Mass praying for his soul and to dedicate de new museum-cultural center. Ballets from...
caraul@...
Aug 11, 2002 8:02 pm
1996
My name's Steve, and presently I run a small joinery/ furniture making business. However, I've always had an affinity for harps, but can never seem to find any...
Please take a moment to check and verify your information on my Cross- Strung Models spreadsheet to be found under Files in the HarpersCrossing newsgroup. I...
Dear Steve Information is pretty sparse. There are a couple of real basic harps in some books on making wooden folk instruments and another to be used with...
Hi Steve! Another Steve here--Stephen, actually, and I just wanted to agree with what Mr. Lassells said about 'making wood sing". I've been interested in fine...
Hi, Steve Yet another Steve here. There's no voodoo involved. You should try it. Unless nothing less than a great instrument will satisfy you on your first...
... Ahem, this is just a little deep. Most every harp (and other instrument) that is a production piece has exactly the same amount of tweaking in sound....
... Don't be put off by reports of difficulty and requisite mystical musicianship. You do have to know some basics of string tensions and the like, but those...
Hi, read a few of the replies and maybe I have missed some; so if I am repeating something I apologize. For me myself, I contacted Laurie Hill (Glenn's wife,...
JnthnSnchz@...
Aug 13, 2002 7:23 pm
2004
... Hey! I got a start on this business by making the "weekender" Medieval harp kit from the Renaissance Workshop Co. of England; I bought the kit at the...
Dear Harpmakers listers, Gosh, I didn't mean to be discouraging to the other Steve, nor did I mean to imply that there is some kind of "Voodoo" involved in...
Stephen, OOPS, I hope that i didn't imply that (You said" I didn't mean to be discouraging to the other Steve, nor did I mean to imply that there is some kind...
JnthnSnchz@...
Aug 13, 2002 11:07 pm
2009
I'd like to hop back in here. I hope that my original post did not sound "high and mighty". I did suggest that a new potential harp maker try starting with...
I got this message yesterday, I have no use for this but surely someone on the list does. Muis Dreamsinger Gold Guild (gilt?) for Irish Harps Date: Tue, 13 Aug...
whose structure must withstand it's ... Building harps is like raising turkeys or teenagers, they seem to be born to commit suicide. In fact, 99% of them die...
I'd like to thanks everyone for all their input, help and encouragement they have recently taken the trouble to give. And I do apologise if I opened a can of...
My B&B restoration is coming along reasonably well, if slowly- having ignored everyone who kindly told me to avoid taking the mechanism to pieces if it worked...
In a message dated 8/25/02 6:33:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Tacye It sounds to me like you are on the right track with this! Just make sure that the...
Glenn, thank you for sharing that bit of design information. Jerry ... From: MTGLEN@... To: harpmakers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:22...
In a message dated 8/27/02 7:36:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Pete What you need to do, is to put a tiny amount of yellow or white wood glue on the shaft...
The quick fix, which will hold up for a year or two, is to cut a small strip (3/16 in to 1/8 in wide X the thickness of the neck) of "A" weight wet or dry...
Howard Bryan
hbryan@...
Aug 28, 2002 12:24 pm
2019
I've had reasonably good luck doing this: Mix some slow-set epoxy (the slower the better/harder) - Check out http://www.Raka.com. Softer fast-set epoxy might...
