Nail Polish??? 0.o

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August 19, 2010 at 11:40 pm #107811

shelby-m
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Recently, I have seen quite a few videos on YouTube of live harp performances–or just clips of your average Jane Doe playing at home–and the harpists were wearing nail polish.

August 20, 2010 at 12:35 am #107812

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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I tried a clear polish a couple of times, and it thickened my nails enough to increase buzzing. It is visually distracting on stage to have any color on. The worst is bright red, especially on pointy nails. I thought it was a point of pride for harpists not to wear nail polish, to be unusual.

August 20, 2010 at 3:14 pm #107813

Misty Harrison
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I have to ask. Why were you trying nailpolish Saul?

August 20, 2010 at 6:32 pm #107814

jessica-wolff
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Occasionally players of other plucked string instruments, such as the guitar, will use colorless nail polish to strengthen their nails, but then they use their nails in playing, which isn’t the case for most harpists, except for players of ancient Celtic and Central or South American harps. Saul is right, colored nails look distracting.

August 20, 2010 at 7:45 pm #107815

Jessica A
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I agree that nail polish is distracting.

August 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm #107816

unknown-user
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I wear nail polish.

August 21, 2010 at 8:08 pm #107817

tonya-a
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I don’t wear nail polish as a matter of preference – I think it makes my short fingers look even shorter.

August 22, 2010 at 12:44 am #107818

unknown-user
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That really made me laugh, I had this image of the Watkins Fire Dance and all this blue nail polish shredding off and going all over the room! or all over

August 22, 2010 at 1:48 am #107819

Misty Harrison
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Almost all nailpolishes are made with formaldehyde which is not good stuff. I don’t wear the stuff but I do wear sleeveless dresses. I am not comfortable when playing with a lot of material on my arms.

August 23, 2010 at 2:48 am #107820

shelby-m
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This is probably way off-topic, but I just realized that I’ve never seen a harpist wearing a wristwatch while playing…. is there a reason for this or just coincidence?

August 23, 2010 at 3:36 pm #107821

unknown-user
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formaldehyde?????? the stuff that they use on dead bodies??? That is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard! I will have to reconsider my passion for nail polish.

August 23, 2010 at 4:26 pm #107822

Sylvia
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I wear my watch all the time while playing.

August 23, 2010 at 8:47 pm #107823

andy-b
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I was asked at one of the harp showrooms many years ago to take off my wristwatch prior to trying out the harps, just to avoid accidentally dinging one. And a friend of mine had a roommate

August 23, 2010 at 9:20 pm #107824

Misty Harrison
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http://www.carefair.com/beauty/nails/toxic_nail_polish_846.html

August 24, 2010 at 1:25 am #107825

unknown-user
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OMG!!!! Toxic fumes??!!
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