After playing the harp for a few years I finally played in public, in the Christmas Eve service of a nearby church. Out of caution I brought everything, including a full change of strings and all my tools, and ended up needing my pliers to lower an old stand for the pastor that adjusted with a bolt. Be prepared! The playing went pretty well, 3 solos and accompanying the choir for “Silent Night,” and my Thormahlen really rang out in the sanctuary. I had no idea it could make so much sound in the right space. Fun time.