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
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Feb 4, 2005 7:31 pm
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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...
There is a liquid called 'chair doctor' made by Veritas, it expands the wood fibres permantly. ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/6kFIvD/fV0JAA/n1hLAA/xmLolB/TM...
Straight out of our owners manual: TUNING PINS: The tuning pins are tapered so that the pin gets larger on the side that the tuning key fits. Sometimes a...
... Hmmm. Actually, Chair Doctor is a glue. It would solve the slippage though! ; ) I would be extremely cautious about trying any kind of wood treatment (aka:...
Another alternative is to remove the offending pin, rub it with beeswax and replace. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
I have a Witcher O'Ffogarty harp and have noticed that the tuning pins are becoming very uneven. This has led to the strings being at significantly different...
If you mean that the pins are sticking out different amounts, this does not matter in the slightest, simply slacken the tension (one string at a time, do not...
Birch, You can: Ream all the holes to the same size. This creates the danger that the pins all will extent too far. Shim the holes that are too large. A good...
Does this mean then it is better to have cheek-bands. If so do you fit one or two (ie one side or bothe sides.) I am in the process of making and am ...
Now that American Piano Supply has ceased operations, is there another (hopefully east coast) supplier of harpsichord wrestplank? I would only be looking for...
