I have a question for you all. Those of you who own Åke Ahlstrand nyckelharpa most likely have hand-woven straps (he wove them himself) that are far more...
Woven by hand on a small "loom", like people in Sweden and Norway did 100 years ago. As opposed to some pre-made strap material cut to length and sold to you....
I bought cross-straps from Leif Alpsjo and also from a guitar website, and replaced the stiff black guitar strap part with 2" wide Swedish embroidered trim,...
Hi Bart, Nothing, I'm afraid. I was using a nice woven strap until I discovered the stretchy black one which was written up in NN some time ago. It's just...
Bart - Could be in the $20-50 range, very wide with some kind of stretch onto it. Peter Blue Resident Manager Pine Lake Campus Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY ...
Peter Blue
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Nov 5, 2008 3:10 pm
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... probably be made on something like an inkle loom. see: http://schachtspindle.com/products/weaving/inkle_loom.htm I have found that straps that go across my...
when i was practicing last night for an upcoming Santa Lucia fest i was discouraged to find that some of my keys were sticking together. when i push one, the...
Since it is the A string, you can access those keys easily. You can usually remove a couple of small laths that hold the top row of keys in place, giving you...
I prefer not to use sandpaper, since it will make the sides where you're sanding a bit more rounded. Better to keep the sides straight by using a small, very...
On my NH each key passes through a square/rectangular hole and is wider in the key box than passing through to it. Though I've never had the problem, I guess...
Hi Laurel Yes I've had similar problems in the past but I found leaving the NH out of the bag whenever possible, only using the gig bag when transporting. Also...
Sticky keys cont.. Rather than a file or sandpaper, use a knife and scrape the wood with the grain. _Not cut it_. Wood workers use a tool called a scraper. It...
I got a harpa in JULY from Leif Alpsjo... it was very hot & sticky here in WNY, & he sent me detailed instructions on dismantling the key box & making the...
... i have let it out of the (gig) bag to start with and taken it (her) out of the cool moist house as well. the first reply i got had a link to a tutorial by...
Hej all..... I just got this inquiry about harmony parts to tunes on the ANA site. I don't personally know any good sources....anyone else? Sheila From: Joan...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Nov 19, 2008 3:24 am
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Sheila, Some of my BlueRose transcriptions include 2-parts, though I don't have any easy way of identifying which ones. Mostly I print them in one-part, but ...
Good afternoon all, Last night I was checking out youtube for any new nyckelharpa videos. I saw these two by what look like a group of Asian street musicians....
... Wow, that's pretty amazing! I count 5 nyckelharpas, 2 fiddles, 2 guitars, and that unknown instrument on the table. The two tunes are certainly ...
... Check more: http://www.nyckelharpajapan.org/ ... I would think it's a kind of dulcimer from that region. It's a Finnish kantele. Per-Ulf ... -- Per-Ulf...
Per-Ulf Allmo
per-ulf@...
Dec 2, 2008 6:24 pm
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... Thanks -- I looked up kantele online, and that definitly seems to be it....
I'm about to restring my harpa, D'Addario giving Helicore cello strings a try (for the lower three strings, anyway). What do folks do with the "excess" length...
If you cut the string past the point where the colored thread is wound on, it loses internal tension and starts to unwind, and destroys the string. I'm told...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJOw6SPswZQ&NR=1 the taller guy in the folk costume seems as if he might be a "westerner" or Swede- any guesses as to who? and i...
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