Buzzing problem – can you help?

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This topic has 8 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 11 months ago by dave-lynch.

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September 30, 2011 at 4:20 pm #71072

Anja G
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Hello,

as Adam suggested

October 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm #71073

adam-b-harris
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Anja,

You are certainly not having much luck getting some help with this.

Maybe you should get this:

http://www.harpcenter.com/product/trouble-shooting-lever-harp-book/harp-gifts-under-thirty-dollars

I don’t have a copy, but I have read it and seem to remember it was very good and it says that it has a section on buzzing.

good luck

adam

October 3, 2011 at 7:36 pm #71074

dave-lynch
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Tracking down a buzz can be very tedious sometimes so first let me ask you some questions:

You wrote:

I tried to move/shift the metal pieces that holds the knots of the
strings a little bit, but this does only work for a couple of minutes,
then the buzzing starts again.

I’m not sure what you meant here.

October 11, 2011 at 4:31 pm #71075

Anja G
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Adam,

October 11, 2011 at 5:02 pm #71076

Anja G
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Dear Dave,

I can only say a big THANK YOU for taking your time and writing such a detailed and interesting answer. I will keep this for future (and for times when hopefully I will perhaps have my own pedal harp).

Unfortunately the buzz occurs whether the lever is up or down. Mostly the lower strings are producing the buzz, I don`t have the problem with the upper strings. I

October 11, 2011 at 5:25 pm #71077

patricia-jaeger
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Anja, When you wrote “metal pieces that holds the knots of the strings” and “metal strings in the lower octaves,” were you referring to metal washers that your carpenter acquaintance installed between the bottom knot of the bass strings

October 14, 2011 at 10:52 pm #71078

patricia-jaeger
Member

Anja, if you stay with playing harp, since you mentioned the possibility of a pedal harp some day, there is a wonderful book, “Affairs of the Harp”,

October 17, 2011 at 5:25 pm #71079

Anja G
Participant

Patricia,

sorry for not explaining everything very clearly, it`s because English is not my mother tongue… .
My harp has no washers, but the string anchors are in fact little metal pieces – I didn`t know you could also take a used gut string! Thanks for letting me know all this, now I can talk to the maker of the harp again!
And I am also very interested in the book you recommended, I will try to get a copy over here and hope I`ll understand everything!
Thanks a lot
Anja

October 21, 2011 at 11:02 am #71080

dave-lynch
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Hi Anja

OK….if the string is buzzing when the lever is both up and down the first place I would look is still at the lever.
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