Gu'day all, Over the last month my son and I Hve been creating a representation of the Sirr harp. As this is my sons harp he desired black pins. On ...
Greetings one and all. The time has finally come! I am looking to purchase 30 tuning pins, 2.5" long for a Trinity styled harp (not a copy but of that style)....
Go here: http://www.robinsonharp.com/hardware.html Maybe if you hunt around for wholesalers or obscure little companies, you might find a lower price, but I've...
Seems like all the tapered tuning pins available are colored black. Since other hardware (bridge pins, sharping levers, grommets) may be brass and/or gold...
Thanks Rick I have taken your advise and e-mailed Betty. She seems to be a bit cheaper than the rest as well, so I will go with your recommendation. I just...
Dragonwhispers is now offering gold-plated tuning pegs, as well as gold-plated bridge pins, eyelets, and sharping levers. Contact Dragonwhispers for further...
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Dec 7, 2005 4:51 pm
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Cool! It seems like a reasonable option if someone wants to pay the extra $ for a more unified aesthetic - IF there are no serious practical drawbacks. Have...
To anyone who didn't receive this via email and to Val who wrote asking about gold plating possibilities, a blatant ad follows. One answer to your question,...
I'm a newbe to the harp world. I just finished building a "Studio" harp from musicmaker plans. It didn't go to bad, so I thought I try a couple of more with a...
I cannot speak for other builders, but I know why I favor blackened tuning pins: 1. They wear well 2. They look good next to shiny brass, gold or chrome plated...
I would recomend always using tapered tuning pins. I have been building since 1978, building over 220 custom harps, and I have only used zither pins on a...
Glad you made that distinction- I've had mixed results with straight pins, and don't recommend them. I did the "weekender" Medieval kit from the Early Music ...
By the way, does anyone knows tuning pins like zither pins but with the tuning size on the opposite of the string hole to use trough the headpiece? Cheers Ben ...
Dusty Strings says they use pins like you describe. see http://www.dustystrings.com/building/harps.shtml#pins Anybody know a source? ~Val ... the tuning size...
Yes that's it! Do you know if you can find them somewhere? Cheers Ben ... From: imapseudonym2 To: harpmakers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005...
Well... This afternoon I finally strung my first harp. It is a 34 string Regency built from Musicmaker's plans. Being a first attempt at making a harp, it's...
John Young
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Dec 10, 2005 11:48 pm
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... <snip> ... Good for you! Every instrument I make is, in a sense, a "first one" because each one teaches me things I didn't know before, or because I try...
Hello, harp makers, A few months ago I mentioned that I had some MacArthur harp parts and several of you indicated you might be interested. I have finally...
Dec 10, Rick Kemper wrote: P.S. We should really try to con Betty Truitt or Dan Speers into elaborating on the steps it takes to make a bona-fide tuning pin...
Hi, if anyone is interested in making one of these and needs info on the stringing, I have Margaret MacArthurs book which has the string guages and tunings....
Friends I haven't been paying attention for a long time, and haven't built a harp for five years. I'm considering starting production again. Is anyone color...
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, douglasharps wrote: ¤ Is anyone color coding the tuning pins to match the strings. Some Aoyamas have silver pins with yellowish Cs...
Friends Has any one worked on a sweetland schimmer pedal harp. I just tried to regulate one and had some problems. Couldn't tell if the problems were...
Friends, relatives and acquaintances, I am entering the modern age and switching from ATT dial up service to SBC DSL today and tommorrow (at some point I...
Any quick tips or basic advice for a hobbyist making my first solid wood soundboard? I would especially appreciate any suggestions on "tuning" it for best (or...
Dear all, Does anyone know where I can get accurate plans for making the Trinity College Harp? I was living in Hawaii, then Japan and now Colorado. I would ...
David
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Dec 27, 2005 4:23 pm
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:22:46 +1100, David <davidhs@...> wrote:
> Dear all,
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> Does anyone know where I can get accurate plans for making the Trinity
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OK, so maybe I should have SEARCHed the messages before simply popping off with a question. The topic has obviously been discussed before. However I didn't see...
