Hello Everyone, i recently purchased a harp kit for a Clarsach 30 string. Included were 30 sharpening HOOKS. Could someone please advise how these things work?...
I do not like the sound of hooks and have just taken them off the harp I hire out and replaced with levers. How they work is you drill a hole at the X and...
What a SUPER GROUP you all are! Thanks much for the information. The harp is not a Border Harp, I got it from an individual who in turn had bought it from a...
Well, It took mine out and put levers on which covered most, but not all of the old holes. Levers on wire is a difficult proposition on which I am not...
Ben wrote asking about harp building books - I agree with Denise - Jerry's book is the most helpful and easily accessible resource available. I have a 110+...
Rick Kemper
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Mar 8, 2005 5:21 pm
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Thanks for all everybody, I ordered it from musikit.com Ben ... From: Rick Kemper To: harpmakers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 6:20 PM Subject:...
Hey all, I am looking for a fellow celtic/lever harpist who is in the St. Louis area (west side). I was asked to play my harp at a celtic festival but 1. I...
It's not realy a harp but more an unfretted zither with 3 crossed chord strings named zither harp, lark in the morning stile have them on his cataloge.... I...
It isn't a harp at all - it's a type of zither. It is based on an unstrument that Margerate McArthur, from Vermont, plays. Her original was found in a Vermont...
here is a page about the instruments: http://www.kahnhome.org/zithers/harpochord.html ... From: Fred Gosbee To: David S. Cc: Harpmakers@yahoogroups.com ;...
Does anyone have a string plan for the L&H Prelude? This would include the kind of string material(s) used, the overall diameters of each string, and perhaps...
Greetings, new member here. I'm a harper, and my husband (a carpenter) has become interested in building me a harp. Can anyone tell me if the books that have...
Lyn, Although I don't have a copy, I think you could get a lot of use out of Jerry Brown's book. I took a look at when he first came out with it and I have...
Thanks to everyone who replied, on and off list, to my wire harp question. I've decided to go with already drawn plans by Mr. Kemper for a Lamont harp. For...
I think you will be happy with a MusicMaker's Limerick harp. I have one that I built from their kit and it is a great little harp. A good size too. I've built...
Hello all, I feel the need to try my hand at building an round sound box with extended soundboard. I'm open to all and any advice. I have been reading about ...
Charles, You should write Lee Gayman (leezzzz@...). He did two extended soundboards on round backs last year based on the Music Makers Regency design. I...
Rick Kemper
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Apr 6, 2005 7:51 pm
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Hi Folks, I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on how string angle effects sound. Is any effect more a result of the consequent variation in soundboard ...
Things have been pretty quiet on the list, so I figured it's time for another stupid question! first, the set-up: whereas: Every harp I've seen has a...
Hi all, Over the past two weeks I have strung up eight new harps...five 29-string Studio Harps (from Musicmaker's blueprints) and three Regency's (one from a ...
Seb wrote: "...the more acute the string angle is the more you have to load the soundboard to get it moving effeciently, and it also lowers the amount of ...
Hello: I just got the new EMS catalogue and was thinking to by a kit from them... Any feedback from the quality? Cheers Ben [Non-text portions of this message...
Oddly [or maybe not so] I use a bias grain on my small Black Mountain harps but it is more for economy than theory. I use solid quartersawn sycamore for those...
Hi all, This idea of not running the strings down the center of the soundboard intrigues me. I mainly play triple strung harps, and have recently been doing...
Wow! Sycamore soundboard! I just recently had the opportunity to see some sycamore dieboard and marveled at what David termed its "...woven grain and...
Sorry, David- I sent that last missive before getting on your website and reading your disquisition on sycamore - and other woods. A most informative and...
