My ‘dream’ harp – or is it a harp mare?

[deb-l]

hey Michael, forgot to mention Mr Pratt said there are bolts that go up from the inside of the body up through the kneeblock/neck piece.

[michael-rockowitz]

Deb,
This was before your time on this forum, but I built a harp from scratch (a wire-strung using wider spacing between the strings than a wire-strung typically has), and described my efforts in probably too tedious detail.

[deb-l]

I think it would be very satisfying to build your own harp.

[deb-l]

arghh sorry I meant I would love to build my own harp someday..

[Karen Johns]

Debbie Truitt? Are you sure it wasn’t Betty Truitt? From Truitt levers, right? Did she have a daughter or relative take over then?

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[deb-l]

maybe she said Betty?

[deb-l]

At least I was able to get a little creative with the strings and play around with that more than I have been able to do with my rentals.

[Tacye]

You might want to consider cam levers which I think would be more forgiving the neck than Truitts.

[deb-l]

thanks Tacye, I think the cam levers push the string to one side, like the Robinson blades we have here in the states, except I think Robinsons are made out of brass.

[deb-l]

Bah, spent an hour trying to clamp the crack between the neck and the kneeblock closed but no luck.

[deb-l]

Mr Pratt mentioned that he didn’t recall them ever putting in the wooden dowels in this harp that run sideways from the kneeblock into the neck.

[michael-rockowitz]

Deb,

Is there any way you can get someone knowledgeable to look at it directly and assess what it needs (hopefully, for a not exorbitant price).

[deb-l]

hi Michael,

I strung with lower tension strings for the bass too, at Mr Pratt’s suggestion.

[Ken H.]

Hi Deb L,

I have read this thread,

[deb-l]

Adventure is right Ken!

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