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  • October 9, 2025 at 8:15 pm #450744
    Jerusha Amado
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    Hi everyone!

    Does anyone know of any lever jazz harpists playing professionally? The only one I know of is Tamsin Dearnley from England.

    October 12, 2025 at 3:30 pm #451547
    balfour-knight
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    Hi Jerusha! Don’t forget Frank Voltz!

    October 16, 2025 at 5:44 pm #452778
    Jerusha Amado
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    Hi Balfour,

    Thank you! I don’t know much about Frank, had always thought he was strictly a Gospel harpist. I will check him out.

    I’m just trying to find out how many of us are playing jazz lever (including improvisation–not just playing pre-written jazz compositions) in the US.

    November 20, 2025 at 7:17 pm #462606
    balfour-knight
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    Hi Jerusha,

    I think you can enjoy knowing that you are one of the few lever harpists who are playing jazz and pop professionally. I think that the rest of us who do this use pedal harps. It is so much easier! On pedal harp I can play and improvise in any key I want to, and do such neat things as pedal slides, pedal glissandi, fast chromatic changes, etc. You are brave to do this type of music on a lever harp, and I truly admire that. Keep doing what you are doing. The harp world needs more harpists like you.

    Very best wishes,
    Balfour

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