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  • July 20, 2008 at 6:49 am #162795
    unknown-user
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    Hello,
    I love the sound of Vincenzo Zitello (Italy) and Alan Stivell’s harps( France). Both play customized Camac harps with carbon fiber strings. I am revamping one of my harps and I would love to restring it with carbon fiber strings. Does enyone know where I can purchase the carbon strings? Thank you for your help. Vincenzo.

    July 20, 2008 at 10:41 am #162796
    bernhard-schmidt
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    Stivell is not playing a customized Camac harp. It’s

    July 25, 2008 at 3:21 am #162797
    unknown-user
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    In my opinion, you will do much better with gut and nylon strings. Having tried them recently on a familiar harp, I found that they are muted in quality.

    July 28, 2008 at 9:49 am #162798
    zoraida-avila
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    Vincenzo,
    Salvi has a Celtic harp with carbon fiber strings (Donegal). They themselves commercialize the strings, you can look at it in Salvi’s web.
    Zoraida

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