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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
    Participant

    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
    Participant

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

    August 20, 2010 at 6:32 pm #107814
    jessica-wolff
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    I agree that nail polish is distracting.

    August 21, 2010 at 3:10 pm #107816
    unknown-user
    Participant

    I wear nail polish.

    August 21, 2010 at 8:08 pm #107817
    tonya-a
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    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
    Participant

    I wear my watch all the time while playing.

    August 23, 2010 at 8:47 pm #107823
    andy-b
    Participant

    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
    Participant

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

    August 24, 2010 at 1:25 am #107825
    unknown-user
    Participant

    OMG!!!! Toxic fumes??!!

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