Hello, when I purchased a tunning meter a number of years ago, like others, I noticed the needle jumping around. It might read 10-30 pennies positive, and then...
I seem to recall from somewhere that if the tension on a string is not a significant portion of it's breaking strength (around 50%-70%, if I recall), then...
Hi All, Has anyone had any experience with Nylgut strings from Aquila? I built my Limerick harp last year from a MusicMaker kits and am thinking of restringing...
Hi: I've used Nylgut on 6-stringed lyres, 18 stringed early Medieval harps, and a citole. I like them just fine- they mostly play like gut, but are a lot...
Greetings On foot of John's e-mail requesting a string program, did I miss a reply? I am also interested in a program. I have recently completed a harp and...
A reminder to the harpmakers list that there is a free windows based string calculation program at the following link. It is unsupported by the author (My...
Hello everyone, my name is Eliza and I'm an artist from Australia. Art isn't selling so well at the moment, I need something to do! I've been given access to...
Hi Eliza Check out our harp kit plans, instruction manuals and hardware/ string packages, at our website : www.markwoodstrings.com Just follow the links to...
I've bought a plan from Robertson Harps (sorry Glenn! I was directed there first). I'm going to have to find out what timbers are good and available in my neck...
Oops! The say confession is good for the soul, so here goes. My new harp took a nose dive and broke it's neck. The stand I made to raise it to comfortable...
If you're worried about vibration damping stay away from gorilla glue. It will be an effitive sound dampening when it expands and cures. As draconian as it...
Thanks for the tip - I've never used Gorilla. I know its "claim to fame" is its ability to expand through a joint (thus mandating effective clamping. I'll also...
Gorilla glue is a polyurethane that lacks strength when being pulled. It would be completely inappropriate. It should never be used on any harp of any...
Thanks, everyone, for the thoughts & advice (on-list & off) Fortunately, this break has effectively no splintering - it matches back up almost invisibly. By...
Hi. A couple of thoughts on this - If possible, and if the break is where most of these are, on a short grain section of the small curve of the neck, see if...
A couple thoughts... The spline is a great idea and can be done most easily with the neck separated from the pillar; in fact, Iım not sure how to do it with...
Dan
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Thanks for the advice from people on the list as to tools. I've found an eBay auction that has most of the things I need. Problem is it's out of my range right...
Thanks for the note, Dan. You did remind me of an important point when using epoxies, that they will not usually bond as well with a very smooth piece of wood,...
Hello Eliza I do not think that you will find this type of clamp very useful for most clamping requirements in making a harp. The type that we use the most is...
If you have a really clean break, you could just use strong tape across the gap. All you want to do is hold the wood together. Sometimes the force of a clamp...
Bar clamps (aka F clamps mentioned in another post) are probably the most useful. The heavy wooden cabinetmakers clamps that use 2 screws so the jaws can be...
I'm not sure I'll even be using these joints yet - I have yet to see the plans! But I do intend to make a harp at some time that has the pillar and neck joined...
Hello Eliza I know that we are located about 10 hours drive from you but if you would like to come visit our workshop and see first hand how we do things you...
My plans turned up! I haven't opened the plans, but I've read through the instructions. Hopefully the instructions will make more sense when I have the plans...
Hello Here in Australia my preference for nylon strung harp soundboard is quarter sawn (vertical grain) King Billy Pine from Tassie as a choice rather than ...
If you're stringing with wire then go with hardwood, that seems to be the norm. If you're stringing with nylon or gut then spruce or finnish ply would be fine....
