Hi. OK, not 2x4's exactly, but Pattern Supply shops will often carry slabs of mahogany for foundry patternmaking and modelmaking work as it's a vary stable...
Hello, harpmakers I received the following email this morning, and wondered if anyone else has encountered this guy: Dear Sales, Please forward the price quote...
A phone # is included so you could try a reverse phone directory search and a white pages search Lloyd D. Greve Perfecseal Mankato Tool designer phone:...
The clue that it's a scam is the shipping arrangement. When the buyer arranges the shipping do you know where the harp is really going? The next thing will be...
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Dang! I'm all out of gold pressed latinum today. Do you think he'll take Master Card? Ron...
Tim, I've had similar. When I requested payment by wire transfer they all went away. This looks like the scam where after they take the harp, the credit card...
Dear Folks, I've been browsing through the archives (and the web), looking at posts about tapered tuning pins. A few questions come to mind. Is it a consensus...
Yes, I have a thought, I am not a harpmaker but an office manager - DONT DO IT!!!! My boss sold fire detectors to someone who had an email very similar - it...
I have been working on the Vulcan harp like a man obsessed (and I am, too), I've been making templates out of cheap plywood so I can see how things will fit...
Dear Folks, An interesting tip on the old mix-sawdust-with-glue trick. http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Community/QAD etail.aspx?id=28776 David...
David, Doesn't Armstrong say something about this? However I checked quickly and the pins now on the Queen Mary look tapered to me and the Lamont's straight. ...
Hi, Guys; Once upon a time I wanted a Vulcan harp.... since I didn't have eough money to buy one, I set out to make one. Working with a lot of scrap-- then...
Hi, Guys: I have to say, it sure would have been of immense help if I had had the original 24 x 48 inch cutting guide with the proper dimensions. I had to take...
Hi, All; I may need to get a camera with different film; these last couple of batches has produced some dreaadful pictures. Film quality aside, there's one new...
Hi everyone, I like to ask if there is a string plan of the Walton harp. There is a harp allmost without any string and I like to get the original strings...
Hi Gang, I hope you are all haveing a good spring. I'd like to get your thoughts on useing a 5 inch diameter tree limb that is more or less straight and has...
Hello everyone! Has anyone here purchased Sitka from Alaska Tonewoods? If so, what has your experience been like? How was the wood quality? What was the ...
Hi, Guys; There are a few things I should explain about the Vulcan harp, and maybe a questtion or two to ask. Lacking any definitive plans with decent...
The general rule for drying wood is a year for each inch of thickness. If you can manufacture a sun kiln you might speed the process, but I would suspect that...
Has anyone here purchased Sitka from Alaska Tonewoods? If so, what has your experience been like? How was the wood quality? What was the moisture content...
Hey all: As a member of the Historical Harp Society, I wanted to pass this information along to anyone who might be interested: The 24th Annual Historical Harp...
Hi Folks, Would anybody have a complete Loveland lever chart they could email to me. I downloaded the chart from Musicmakers Kits but it doesn't cover all the...
What is the best way to combine paint with an oil finish? I'm mulling over adding some paint and/or burned decorations to a harp I expect to start building...
I finally decided to stop procrastinating and acquire some materials to try building a hollowed-soundbox clairseach. A local lumber yard had 4" thick beams...
I believe the correct thorn would be blackthorn not hawthorn and it would probably do well as a tuning key handle if you can't think of anything else for it...
