Does anyone know where I can get a 3/32 allen wrench with a handle in Canada? I've tried the major stores Cdn tire, Rona, Lee Valley Tools, Home Depot, ...
You might take the next larger size in metric and touch the facets with a file, thereby reducing it to 3/32. You might also use the term "ball-end allen...
Hey Kathy: Go to the Stewart-MacDonald luthier's catalog at stewmac.com Look for "hex key tools, hex keys or hex wrenches". You can order these online and...
Dear Dave: My Email for you does not work (sorry to bother the whole list for this) can you contact me. I have a question about your hard harp case. Is it,...
... Emily, I recently installed some malachite stones on a harp and I used epoxy to attach them. I did have one stone come off, however, and reattached it ...
You can buy them at Canadian Tire. Both ends of the wrench work, so you can use the long end of the "L". A ball end allen wrench will allow you to use it at...
I highly recomend that you specifically get a ball end wrench for working with the levers. And as others have pointed out you want a "driver" and not a wrench....
MSC industrial Supply (www.mscdirect.com) has a wide variety at reasonable prices. I have found they ship promptly for a reasonable price. Mounting levers...
Rick Kemper
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Jan 6, 2003 6:07 pm
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Hi all - Another frustrated dying day. Need help. Have used a variety of dyes and techniques, but haven't hit upon the right combination to make nylon strings...
Was considering an epic something on the subject of dying and dyeing, but won't bother now. Also, no jokes about the frustrations of not dying!! Blue, with one...
Hi there ! We use Rit dye baths, with TSP as a mordent to help the dye to take. And we just keep adding more and more dye to the bath, as time goes on. you...
Hello, I'm a lurker on your list! I play lever and cross-strung harps (now own 5 harps)! I do not build harps. I'm just a great fan of those who do! I have...
Hej! Robinson's harp supply has a variety of strings that are advertised as clear, red or blue. If these are of the right material and the nylon itself is ...
In a message dated 1/8/03 2:37:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... We also sell all standard gauges of nylon, colored Blue or Red, as well as clear. Glenn Hill...
A friend of mine had a house fire yesterday and asked for suggestions from the harpmakers group: Does anyone have suggestions for treating a harp that has been...
Gail & John Fisher
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Jan 13, 2003 3:29 pm
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There was a message a couple of years ago pertaining to a harp exposed to cigarette smoke. I recall that the suggestion was to stuff the harp with ...
In the British Museum there is an instrument known as the Warwick Castle Gittern. Current scholarship says that it is not a gittern, but a citole/citola,...
Hi, I have a Harper Tasche book for sale which is written for 36-strings in mind. (A Folk Harp Getting Around). It is the one that doesn't require levers. I...
Heres something that's reall weird, from the hands of John Kovac a Harpmaker hand harpist in Virginia http://www.johnkovac.com/piper.html A harp made out of...
Paul Best
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Jan 19, 2003 1:55 pm
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Hi all, I've just aquired a 34 string folkharp (small floor type) it has a cracked neck, which I'll have to deal with, amongst other things. Does anyone know...
... They sound a little bit like the levers made by Pilgrim Harps, except that those would be brass or bronze, IIRC. Difficult to tell without a picture....
I bought a beautiful 36 string harp made by a new builder from the Robinson Tara plans. It is a great instrument except for one thing... the neck has warped a...
Dear Mike Generally the brass or other metal plates on necks are to help hold a joint together rather than keep a neck from twisting. Unless the joint has...
Charlotte, This is bound to generate some controversy, as I know neck cracks have an, uhm . . . shall we call it "high rate or recurrence". Many builders...
Rick Kemper
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Jan 29, 2003 6:43 pm
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Mike, Have you tried pushing the bridge pins in? (to get the levers to work). Admittedly a short term solution. Brass plates work best if applied before the...
Rick Kemper
RKemper@...
Jan 29, 2003 7:16 pm
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Hi all I've just purchased a used (about 15 yrs old ) Aoyama 34-string folk harp for rental purposes (I teach). It uses monofilament nylon strings on all the...
Good morning, After a considerable length of time just reading submissions, I am back with a question. Having built the Robinson Tara some time ago, the...
Hessel Pape
mhpape@...
Jan 30, 2003 1:21 pm
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Hassel, You need an industrial supply store or outlet. One on the net would be http://korayvo.ca/ which is in Ottawa. There are such in the Toronto area for...
