Hi All - One of my other favourite activities is doing hand-spinning and knitting, and I have made quite a few of the handwarmers of the sort that Muff...
Hi all, I seem to recollect that somebody posted the formulae for dyeing strings. The dyeing is easy, the fixing part is what I missed. Anybody out there still...
Here's apost from Glen Hill sometime back in which he mentions using trisodium phosphate as a mordant for dyeing strings with Rit dyes. Dave Graham Glenn said:...
Hi folks, I've had good luck dyeing nylon strings using RIT and TSP. Joan Lamere of Vermont Strings gave me the recipe. She emphasized using an aluminum pot....
Hello, Has anyone on the list tried Musicmaker's new Jordan levers? If so, any comments? They are cheaper than some and "one size fits all"... JY ... John &...
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I have made several attempts to contact Camac regarding the purchase of a set of levers. I have used the general contact email on their website. No luck to...
Dave, MANY french businesses close over the entire month of August or, if they don't close, run on skeleton crews. Then, of course, when they return there's a...
Hi Everyone! My plan is to build my own lap harp and then eventually buy a larger lever harp when/if I become good enough to justify buying one. I've been...
Hubert, I just checked out the site. Sadly, it's just a nicer looking Pakistani harp-shaped-object. The spacing and tension will be weird. The levers will not...
Hubert, I have not heard of EMS's kit harps - the picture of the kit looks promising. Changing String Set Structurally, it is safe to string a harp with...
With respect to question one, you should use the stings that the harp is designed to use. If you wish a different tension, choose a different design. You...
This is basically what I sent to Hubert thinking I might confine being rude about the harps in private, but have changed my mind. I got to play on the EMS...
... Yes, they'll be brass, probably made from folded sheet parts with a rivet for the axle. Don't expect them to have as fluid an action as the more expensive...
Please understand that this question is from one who has seen only web-pics of harps with extended soundboards taken from the front, never from the back. Is...
... Yep, you get what you pay for. I bought one EMS lever of each size a few years back, but decided not to use them. I made a couple of harps from kits, one...
Wow thanks everyone for your feedback! If I do end up deciding to use this particular kit, I guess it's definitely a case of caveat emptor! OK then, so far: 1)...
... The Stoney End kit was a much less painful experience than the Border Harps one, and produced a much more playable harp. Having looked at the levers I...
Thalking about kits, have several inquires recently for decent folk harps. What kit do you recomend (eazy to get in Europe)? Cheers Ben [Non-text portions of...
Bess, Are you sure it is a veneer? Does the grain run across the sound board or down the soundboard (as shown at www.triplettharps.com/mccall/Mccall.htm)?...
Bess, You don't steam the whole board, just the dents. I lay a shred of terry cloth rag over the dent and heat up large nail or piece of drill rod with my...
Hi All I just wanted to suggest that anyone looking for harp kits might want to check out our harp kit line, the Cambria Harp Kits. We have a 22 string, 29...
Hi Benoīt, I'm based in Europe too. So far, it seems that EMS kits are the most easily accessible as they're just based in Europe, but they probably have some...
Rick, Thank you very much for your helpful suggestions. I looked harder at the Triplett website and they say their soundboards are: "...constructed of 1/3...
Hi, I recently bought a used Triplett McCall 25 string harp that had been used as a rental. There are a lot of dings on the right side veneer overlaying the...
I see no one has answered this email so I will hop in. Usually the extended part of the soundboard is like a wing off the soundbox. It does have some airspace...
Hi, Brandon, I appreciate your response. Given all the trouble harpmakers take to assure a solid connection between the board and the edges of the soundbox,...
Hello The edge of the soundboard is still very firmly attached, but to the wing which is then attached to the soundbox. The wing is "hollow" so that the ...
