Greetings one and all After a flurry of activity at the weekend I have now reached a stage where I have been able to measure the string lengths required for my...
Bess, Machinists often call these square hole sleeves, and they are used as components in drive trains. To stand up to the hard use they get for tuning harps,...
Hello all! I'm working on a new Christmas CD, I just finished recording little drummer boy and it requires alot of bass/wire strings. Well, my wires are either...
Hi everyone,I am new here and this is my first post.From your experience... What makes a good soundboard for harp? How does 'tonewood' compare to other...
Louis Cheung
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Jul 19, 2006 2:44 pm
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Hi Nina, I have sometimes found that the bass wires as supplied by Robinson's have been on the light side, but I also find that lighter or thinner strings need...
Does anyone out there have experience with replacing a soundboard on a Lyon & Healy Troubadour harp or similar. It was still worth buying it for the parts even...
Hi, <br> another solution to this:<br><p> I buy those very cheap without the wooden handle<br><p> <img src="http://www.artefakt-musik.de/key.gif"><br><p> so I...
I've come across the plans for Star Trek's Vulcan harp, sometimes called a lyrette, and it seems like something worth building. But some of the design is...
Ron is probably talking about something like the instrument shown at http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/homemade_mrspocks_vulcan_ha rp.html ...
Probably for ease of understanding by Trekkie (excuse me, now that would be TrekkER) hobbiest builders? Make it simple enough that someone whose life revolves...
Hi Tat - Stringband Manager works fine on my computer in XP, and many others are using it with XP as well. (they tell you there's no DOS, but it's there...) I...
Hello All ! I just got back from Somerset West Harpcon, and had some interesting conversations with Chris Caswell about building solid Spruce sound boards, vs...
Glenn, I have used strips of Kevlar on the backside of the board to prevent splits. I've applied this in the form of very thin (3 mil), 1" wd tape epoxied to...
I've used neither Kevlar nor C.F. in a harp, but I have laminated both onto wood in other applications (kayak). One thing to remember about Kevlar fabric is...
I have been looking for spruce to build a soundboard. Red spruce, white spruce, sitka spruce, yada, yada, yada. How many board feet do I need? I seem lost in...
One way I've found to minimize the resin-to-fiber ratio with the Kevlar tape is to wet-out the tape with a minimum of resin, then lay a strip of polyethylene...
I'm replying to Glenn Hill's questions about veneering soundboards and sitka vs engleman spruce. I also resisted veneering for years, I have made about 50...
Hi. Thanks for the info on the kevlar use. I haven't worked with kevlar much yet, but did use Carbon for neck repairs at Swanson harps. We would use 2 layers...
Hi everyone, In your experience, what are the essential power tools for a harp marker? If I am going to build a new workshop, then what tools will you...
Louis Cheung
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Aug 14, 2006 2:04 pm
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Val wrote: "Also, remember that Kevlar is stretchier than most resins you'll be using. So if anything is going to fail from flexing, vibrating, or similar...
Interesting. Well, my experience from kayak repair is that stress from impact causes the resins used in commercial boat construction to fail before the fibers...
A few practical observations on building and reinforcing sound boards: Sourcing Sitka, Softwood Veneer: Before you build it, you have to get it, and some...
Regarding where composite reinforcements are placed on the soundboard, while it is true that if you bend a loose panel the convex side will be in tension and...
Hi. I would recommend a drill press, table saw, belt/disc sander, air compressor, spindle sander, and planer. It's also good to set up a spray booth at some...
