lyon&healy chicago concert grand??

Log in to your Harp Column account to post or reply in the forums. If you don’t have an account yet, you’ll need to email us to set one up.

This topic has 37 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 15 years ago by catherine-rogers.

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 38 total)

1 2 3 →

Author

Posts
July 5, 2009 at 6:49 pm #74460

unknown-user
Participant

I

July 5, 2009 at 11:33 pm #74461

barbara-low
Participant

I tried one last week. Didn’t spend much time with it, but I thought it was a good sounding harp, given the fact that it was still very new. Pedals were stiff, but those can be adjusted.

July 17, 2009 at 9:12 am #74462

o. t.
Participant

Lyon Healy has a bounty program for Chicago line, right? Ask them about it. If you get a Chicago CG now and trade in within 5 years, you get a refund. If they give you almost 100% refund, then it’ll be really worth getting. I mean right now it’s new and people can’t say much about it yet. But in 5 years, the sound should improve. By then, you will likely have tried out all those other models yourself. So, you’ll know whether to keep it or to trade it in.

July 17, 2009 at 11:29 pm #74463

carl-swanson
Participant

I’m only guessing on this, but because of the super low price for a pedal harp, I’m guessing that these harps(the Chicago line) are the first harps to be built completely in Lyon & Healy’s China factory.

July 18, 2009 at 1:21 am #74464

Jerusha Amado
Participant

<>

This isn’t good news.

July 18, 2009 at 2:41 am #74465

andy-b
Participant

A good friend of mine called and asked them about this, and was told by Lyon & Healy that they do manufacture them in the US at their Chicago factory.

Andy

July 18, 2009 at 3:14 am #74466

carl-swanson
Participant

Maybe the next time someone takes a tour through the L & H factory they can look to see if The parts for this particular line are being made there. It’s the price that is the red flag. It’s just not possible to make a pedal harp at those prices in the United States. At the very least, the action(which is the most expensive part of a pedal harp) is probably being made entirely in China.

July 18, 2009 at 3:43 am #74467

tula-ruggiero
Participant

Would that mean that the Venus harp parts are made in China also? I ask because they have many harps in the same price range but their site says they are all American made. I never thought to not believe that. It would be very interesting to know.

July 18, 2009 at 4:03 am #74468

kathy-chanik
Participant

I tried a CG one of these at Somerset festival last week.

July 18, 2009 at 4:32 am #74469

Jerusha Amado
Participant

I don’t know who can get to the bottom of this, but someone should.

July 19, 2009 at 8:38 am #74470

o. t.
Participant

What about Venus harps? Aren’t they in the same price range? Does anyone know about Venus? I thought they were made in U.S… I mean if Venus can sell harps at that price range with all parts made in U.S., then LH should be able to do the same, right?

July 19, 2009 at 1:49 pm #74471

barbara-brundage
Participant

> The saleslady there pointed out that the action plate says “Chicago BY Lyon and Healy”,

Yes, I find it–um,suggestive–that the brochure says it was “designed” in Chicago by Lyon & Healy.

July 19, 2009 at 7:25 pm #74472

brook-boddie
Participant

I’m the one that Andy’s referring to who asked L&H directly about this.

July 19, 2009 at 8:31 pm #74473

Jerusha Amado
Participant

Hi Brook!

Did you happen to ask them if they are using imported parts for the Chicago line?

July 19, 2009 at 9:24 pm #74474

brook-boddie
Participant

Hi Jer!

I did not actually ask that question, so I can’t say for sure that they are building everything from scratch at their factory.
Author

Posts