Does anyone know how to do this? Dave gave us a good formula for nylon and I'm thinking it should work as well for FC, although the material is less...
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Rick Kemper
rickemper
Jul 2, 2012 3:29 pm
Sorry Biagio, I tried several techniques, but I don't know of any good way to get colorfast dye onto fluorocarbon strings. Savarez had trouble the first 2-3...
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timothy des roches
timothy_desr...
Jul 3, 2012 2:11 pm
I came across this: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Harplist/message/98121 A response from Howard Bryon to a question about what he uses to color CF on...
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marthaleah@...
marthasfiles
Sep 7, 2012 7:33 pm
My sweetie has a Jay Witcher harp (the same model but  built before Sylvia Woods' "teach your self to play the folk harp" see the harp on that cover) And...
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Craig
crpierpont
Sep 8, 2012 3:10 pm
Martha, There are a lot of things more musical than a coat rack that can be done. It depends on the condition of the harp and how much you are willing to...
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Glenn J. Hill
laserharps
Sep 11, 2012 5:34 am
Very likely it can indeed be repaired. I have replaced entire necks, restored sound boards and repaired back and side cracks. Most of the surviving old violins...
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Glenn J. Hill
laserharps
Sep 11, 2012 6:39 am
Hi All!:-) I wanted to ask my fellow builders about how their sales have been, or how their experience sselling or showing their harps have been at the...
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rickemper
Sep 23, 2012 4:15 am
I have been having difficulty reaming holes for the #4 x3" pins sold by Argent Fox for the past year or so. The pins are just a bit too small for anything I...
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Castlebay
harperswood2
Sep 23, 2012 12:43 pm
I have, somewhere in my chaotic toolbin, a chamfer bit I got back in the dark ages when I worked in a machine shop. It is a tapered cone with a hole drilled at...
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Craig
crpierpont
Sep 23, 2012 4:33 pm
I really like the idea of metric tapered pins. I never thought of that. I use a standard reamer that I've had reground to a smaller size. It works great but it...
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Craig
crpierpont
Sep 23, 2012 4:38 pm
This is called a "Weldon countersink". They are available in several different angles - 82°, 100°, etc. These are what I use. Craig Craig R. Pierpont Another...
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Glenn J. Hill
laserharps
Sep 24, 2012 12:07 am
I have used a violin tail-piece tapered reamer, that comes with a handle, for many years to finish the fine tapering of my holes. I drill with a drill press,...
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Craig
crpierpont
Sep 25, 2012 1:47 am
When I first started out, Robbie Robinson told me to use a #4 reamer for #5 pins and then chuck a #5 pin in a drill and spin it in the hole until it burned the...
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LM
lavransrm
Sep 25, 2012 2:33 am
For my lyre and harp projects, I have been using a spiral #4 or 5 reamer. I find this gives a much better and leaner peg hole than the older straight cutting...
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Laurie Nicol
laurienicol
Sep 25, 2012 2:41 am
That's basically the method I use from one of his old harp plans, the No. 4 first to the hilt and then the No. 5. Well, there are more steps to it than that....
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Laurie
laurienicol
Oct 1, 2012 9:24 pm
The Cherry Harp is 36 strings and the spacing and tension are close to the L&H Troubadour. In fact many of the elements I copied from a Troubadour III. What...
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peggy johnson
pegasis815
Oct 8, 2012 3:13 am
hello everyone, I am new to this group.My name is Peggy.I have a travel harp made be Keith Rogers in 1998. Over the years I have traveled between Ohio and Utah...
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Benoit Meulle-Stef
meullestef
Oct 13, 2012 10:02 am
Hello everyone… I’m quite unhappy and worry, I ordered 2 harps from Chris more than a year ago, fully pay them and I didn’t had any news from him even...
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Benoit Meulle-Stef
meullestef
Oct 18, 2012 6:32 pm
What really disappoint me is the lack of communication. He could send a message with something else than his health problems and keep us posted on delays for...
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Benoit Meulle-Stef
meullestef
Oct 26, 2012 12:19 am
Dear Didier ; I was doing that to prevent to have to make one… Now I lost the money and didn’t got any answer from the guy. Just more excuses from his...
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saimpauldidier@...
saimpauldidi...
Oct 26, 2012 12:19 am
Hi everybody, I'm a new one in this group, so let me present myself a bit : amateur harp player and harp builder, I first built a Shepherd harp kit from...
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marthaleah@...
marthasfiles
Oct 26, 2012 1:19 am
So what has happened to Chris Caswell? Anybody know? Chris, if you're there, speak up! If you're just behind, that's OK, but let someone know.  I was...
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Glenn J. Hill
laserharps
Oct 30, 2012 7:22 pm
Hi Benoit I hope you did not take what I wrote as attempting to "excuse" Chris. I only wrote carefully, since I did not know anything clearly at the time, as ...
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Benoit Meulle-Stef
meullestef
Oct 30, 2012 9:46 pm
Dear Glen : I’m still waiting for information from him… I will probably will have to sue him in the USA to get my money or the harps, apparently the only...
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harper_shiatsu
Oct 31, 2012 12:54 pm
Hello! Can anyone give me any tips on mounting Camac levers? I have Peter Brough levers on my other harps, which were very easy to mount as the strings can...
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bsancetta
Oct 31, 2012 3:50 pm
Yep, from Rick Kemper (Sligo Harps) my very favorite harp maker's website: http://www.sligoharps.com/12abook.pdf Rick's got the most detailed discussion of...
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Debbie T
debbiesgarden
Oct 31, 2012 3:59 pm
I am in the process of installing mine now. Rick Kemper (who I think posts here too) wrote these instructions: http://www.sligoharps.com/12abook.pdf   Rick...
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Glenn J. Hill
laserharps
Oct 31, 2012 9:19 pm
Hi Benoît I wish you the best of luck in perusing a full refund, or two harps from him. Have you also posted about this matter on the Yahoo Harplist ? Many,...
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timothy des roches
timothy_desr...
Nov 1, 2012 1:47 pm
I fully agree with the other posters concerning Rick's webpages. In addition, I'd advise to cut youor fingernails really short as they get in the way. Just a...
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Piper Joe
piper_joe43
Nov 2, 2012 6:34 pm
Hello everyone, I haven't post anything since last year when I talk about building a harp with my artwork on it. Well a year has gone by and I finally...
