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    Harry Do
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    Ok, I am now considering the Camac Egerie extended soundboard.
    Would love to hear some opinion on it?
    Can be anything you love or hate about it.

    PS I can’t try out in person as Australia does not have an Egerie I assume 😂 and no harp showroom with stock to try. So I will have to buy base it on sound sample online and people’s opinion.
    The sound profile is not my best preference but it does not bother me that much after a few listen.
    Originally I want to buy an Aoyama but the Australian Aoyama dealer is so bad at replying and checking stock etc that it totally turns me off, while the Camac dealer lady gave me price and ETA within 15 mins and she is super lovely!

    #303068
    mayremaquine
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    Hiya, I have tried the Egerie with the extended soundboard. It sounds big. A bit like a bell. The base is very resonant but overall its well balanced. I tried it in comparison with the extended Salvi Daphne and the Lyon&Healy Chicago extended and it blew both of them out of the water.
    You may want to consider how you are going to use the harp. I went for the Egerie with the straight soundboard because I will be mostly playing in my small apartment but if you want to play in larger spaces or in an orchestra the extended soundboard will sound lovely.

    You might have heard it a thousand times already but every harp sounds different. I tried four different Egeries with an extended soundboard and six with a straight and even though they all sound good there are noticeable differences between each individual harp.

    Did you see the video on the Camac youtube channel? Sylvan Blassel plays several works from Hayden and Beethoven on an Egerie. The extended soundboard one sounds bigger but it gives a good impression of the sound profile of the model in general.

    #303082
    Harry Do
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    Hi thank you so much for your input.
    I am not a professional harpist or music student.
    But a music degree is in my mind maybe in a few years time so I do want to use this harp for study if that degree ever happen.

    I was originally not fond of the Camac sound but after a while, I don’t think it bothers me that much.
    I got a pretty good deal from the dealer, with price include the transport cover set and to door delivery.
    And I know many of Camac innovative improvements to the harp so I tend to prefer them as we don’t have technicians readily available in the country for camac.

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