Help needed in finding schmatics for rebuilding an erard gothic soundbox

[Rufus Gill]

Hi everyone,

I am rebuilding my Erard Gothic 47 string pedal harp. Could anyone please help guide me where I could find proper tunning pins for my instruments. I would like guidance on schematics related to rebuilding the sound box. The sound box was not given to me and all I have is the neck and colum.

Could someone also let me know wether this instrument should be tunned at 440 htz.

Rufus

[bernhard-schmidt]

Hallo Rufus,

to rebuild the soundbox will not give you back the harp at all.

Rebuild the harp shell will need a lot of prework and at last you need very much experience in building a round shell.

Ifen if you could manage this …the most hardest thing is still to do….this is called pedal box and the sizes you need to get all in function.

I do not believe that someone could guide you thru this process at a forum.
….this work is all so much specialised…it would fill abaout 4 years of lifetime.

Best Regards

[Tacye]

In the UK there are a number of franken-harps made by combining the good parts from two or more harps- usually Erards.

[paul-knoke]

You don’t say where you are, but it would be worth contacting Michael Parfett here:

http://www.michaelparfett.com/new08/sale.html

He’s one of the best in the business.

Paul

[Rufus Gill]

Thanks Bernard,

I forgot tp tell you that I am an apprentice for a harp maker in Tasmania, Australia. We do make round harp shells. If I had pictures of the inside of an erard Gothic I’d have just no problems. I have replicated the pedal box from an erard pedal box that a friend has loned me.

I dont think it would take 4 years of my life.

[Rufus Gill]

Cheers Paul,

I am in Tasmania Australia. I shall shoot an e-mail to Michael Parfett.

Rufus

[Rufus Gill]

Thanks Tacye,

It would have been nice if I could have found a matching gothic sound box. I could have been able to replicate it. You see I am an apprentice harp maker here in Tasmania.

It is very hard to find suited supplies for harps in Australia. I wish I was somewhere in Europe and I could source out a matching sound box for my Gothic.

Rufus

[jan-fetty]

have you considered posting your search for schematics

[Rufus Gill]

Thanks Jan,

I shall try to join this group.

[Tacye]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HARP-TUNING-PINS-/250817061289?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Sting_Instruments&hash=item3a65dca1a9

[Tacye]

Sorry hit the wrong key there and posted before I was ready.

[Rufus Gill]

Thanks Tacy.

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