Greeting all, I am about to embark on a new adventure for me. My first solid sound board. I would appreciate it if I could be provided with any and all ...
Hi Greg, If you aren't going for a double taper a good target is a shy 1/16" in the treble and around 5/16 in the bass for a five octave harp. This assumes a ...
Greg, There is a Web-tutorial the method I use at http://users.erols.com/jill.kemper/SBrd.htm I think you will be pleased with your results. Best of Luck, Rick...
Rick Kemper
RKemper@...
Jan 6, 2005 8:48 pm
2809
I had a couple of Dusty's in the shop earlier this month to be restrung. They were in very good shape for their age (a 9 year old FH36S and a 14 year old...
Rick Kemper
RKemper@...
Jan 19, 2005 7:54 pm
2810
I have been using T-88 epoxy to glue my soundboards on, but now I need to replace a sound board, and needless to say, epoxy makes that tough. I have never...
John Mansur
jmansur@...
Jan 19, 2005 11:47 pm
2811
Rick, I have found that screwing an appropriately sized threading tap into the eyelet from the outside works pretty well to give you something to pull the...
Greetings one and all. It has been a while since I have taken part in the discussions or indeed the making. But I have resolved to do more work on my harp and ...
Greetings all, I am in the process of replacing the soundboard on my 6 year old grand-daughter's 22 string paraceltic harp I made for her about 15 mounths...
Reynold, First, if you are not going to install a semitone mechanism (levers blades etc) then you should not fit bridge pins - intonation and tuning will be...
G'day Greg We make a harp specifically for small children and the teacher that we worked with in designing it felt that "standard" spacing was best so that the...
I am finally getting around to giving my hire-out harp some new levers and attention. The joint between the neck and column is failing and there is quite a...
Dear all Just a quick note to apologise for sending an e-mail looking like a virus. It was a badly worded e-mail informing everyone I have uploaded some pics...
A search of the internet has indicated to me that the lever of choice (For harp makers) is suddenly the Camac lever. I guess I should find out who the supplier...
Dear Builders Camac levers can only be purchased directly from the good folks at Camac themselves. I have found them very gracious to deal with. My own...
Timothy Habinski
tharps@...
Feb 4, 2005 7:31 pm
2822
www.camac-harps.com Craig R. Pierpont Another Era Lutherie www.anotherera.com ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' [Non-text...
... We have been in touch with Jakez from Camac since early December trying to order levers from them. They have had some illnesses that prevented them from...
Hi - I'd bet that Camac itself, maker of harps in France, would be the supplier for their own levers or for the contact information for the supplier if the...
I'm a woodworker who'd like to make a harp someday. I'd like to find a general site/s where I can read up on plans, materials, parts, etc. Does anybody know...
Hello all: I need to find as much info I can get about fork levers: Photos, blueprints and so on... I want to do a very simple direct action lever for harp...
Greetings all, I'm a newby at fitting these pins. I had difficulty in screwing them into the timber in that they wouldn't screw in and chewed out the timber. ...
To access my photos go to the http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/harpmakers/lst and look in the folder marked Reynold. If you are having problems I will...
... Camac seem to have gone for the "flashtastic" school of website design, thus presenting a contentless site to folks using textmode browsers. -- ...Rick...
... I wondered about their website several times trying to figure out where any information was. Thank you for enlightening me. There is a photo of Jakez on...
Hello: Does anyone have information about split neck harps? I have seen a blueprint of a paragueyan one but I'm looking for something more traditional... Ben ...
Gudday all, Having trouble with tuning pins slipping and causing a harp I am repairing to lose tune. I have tried PVA adhesive in the holes but it hasn't...
