Dear Friends, It have been six years since I took over the ownership of this group from Keith Rogers. Most of the time the group runs very smoothly, with...
Greetings one and all I have reached the point in the making of my harp I want to make the tuning pins. I want them to be of brass, the harmonic curve is elm...
Reynold, A commercial steel pin will be much harder than a brass pin which will wear with use. I seem to remember that most of the clarsach's used iron pins,...
Rick Kemper
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May 10, 2005 4:28 am
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Hi Rick Thanks for the information, it is very helpful. I think I may go with buyingh the pins - I have sort of being resisting this way because I have to do...
Reynold - I have the same problem in Iceland (though I am actually coming to Ireland for the first time in a couple of weeks or so - whee! But just for a short...
I am new not only to this group but to harpmaking as well. My interest started with a project for a class in college. Now I am looking to learn more. I have...
I have built two Celtic style harps from scratch and now I want to try a solid body electric. The main question is how to set it up. If I were to have a peizo...
Will, As a beginner myself, I found the Harp Design Worksheet that Musicmaker's Kits sells extremely helpful. It's essentially a 3 X 6 foot sheet of paper ...
My way is to draw it out, full scale, on a piece of plywood and then use the plywood as a template. You need to create a full scale drawing and use the...
Jim, you have provide some great advice for Will! The process you describe is pretty much how I have designed all my custom harps over the last 25 years.(...
The two shorts in this case are my short arms and my short in stature harp (Dusty FH32). I take lessons (thumb up, thumb up, thumb up, thumb up) on a Lyon and...
... Alan, I've had some experience with amplifying piezo pickups in guitars. However, it's been some years since, and I don't know what sorts of pickup...
Robert Winokur
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May 21, 2005 7:57 am
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... I don't know if you've thought of it, but a number of harpers I've seen play with their harp on a short stool. I bought one some years ago, made in China,...
Robert Winokur
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May 21, 2005 7:57 am
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I have seen several harps that ave dedicated stands. If the harp has a rectangular or trapezoidal base you can make a stand that the harp slides into an locks...
Hi all, I enjoyed the recent articles on harp design. I have another question. From my reading I understand to try to make all the strings have close to the...
ronaldc@...
May 21, 2005 10:28 pm
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Hi there, I'm sure most of the harpmakers in this group are going to have varying opinions about string tension. From my work in Building historical harps I...
My father and I were discussing this over the weekend. In the fall we are going to modify the Limerick design into a Double Strung harp. Since the harp is a...
Musicmakers makes a nice set of legs for their 29-string harp. I too have been pondering legs for the Limerick. Has anyone tried the MM legs on the Limerick,...
Hi again, I guess if all you ever want to do is make high tension harps, then following those sorts of T/L values is possibly a good thing. But high tension...
Jo Morrison recently brought an imminently practical solution on a harp she made in Germany. The harp has two peg legs that fit into tapered holes drilled...
A variety of T/L ratios will work. What works "best" depends largely on the builders prejudices and playing style. If you are building to cater to the...
Hiya Folks, I looked at the T/L curves of the string bands on two Paraguayan harps that I have played and enjoyed. The harp built in Paraguay had T/L's (in...
Hi, Can anyone recommend a source for nice quality decals (celtic designs, probably) suitable for a soundboard? I'm working on a harp for a little girl who...
Why not make your own? A quick Google brought up this: http://www.decalpaper.com/ Dover publications has some great clip art books of celtic designs. I have...
I had to look for some of this a while ago. Years back there used to be a couple of harp builders who would supply you with these but I couldn't find any still...
Hi I am considering making a 34-string harp from a set of Musicmaker's blueprints (just for the heck of it, sounds like a challenge, and I rather like the...
Hello from across the Tasman. We rarely use the timbers you mentioned due to cost here in Australia, we use many local timbers as well as some African or S...
Hiya Richard, With my father, I made a music kits planned limerick harp. We made it of Queensland silver ash and New Guinea rosewood. The glue we used was a ...
