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  • February 23, 2011 at 11:17 pm #72024
    jan-fetty
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    What would cause

    February 24, 2011 at 2:08 am #72025
    patricia-jaeger
    Member

    Jan, what company made your harp? Is it all wood, or a composite material? Perhaps

    February 24, 2011 at 2:20 am #72026
    jan-fetty
    Participant

    Patricia,

    February 24, 2011 at 3:06 am #72027
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
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    Are they twanging when the levers are engaged or disengaged?

    February 24, 2011 at 3:21 am #72028
    jan-fetty
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    It does not seem to make a difference if the levers are engaged or not.

    February 24, 2011 at 3:19 pm #72029
    shelby-m
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    Did you recently replace a few strings?

    February 24, 2011 at 4:33 pm #72030
    jan-fetty
    Participant

    The harp is new and the strings are new.

    February 24, 2011 at 7:23 pm #72031
    kathy-chanik
    Participant

    Ray Mooers (owner of Dusty Strings) once told me that tuning in C raises the tension on a harp about 10% over a harp tuned in Eb. So by tuning in C, it could be that those strings are now being pulled harder across the bridge pin, causing a closer and tighter connection and less twanging. You could try a slightly higher gauge of string on those two, which would accomplish the same thing.

    It has something to do with the angle of the string as it comes off the bridge pin and heads up to the tuning pin. Or at least that how I think of it in my little pea brain.

    February 25, 2011 at 3:50 am #72032
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    Do you have the correct gauge for the strings?

    February 25, 2011 at 12:27 pm #72033
    jennifer-buehler
    Member

    Doesn’t the height of the bridge pins also make a difference?

    February 25, 2011 at 4:34 pm #72034
    jan-fetty
    Participant

    I have the string chart but no instrument to check the actual string for size.

    February 25, 2011 at 4:40 pm #72035
    jan-fetty
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    I do plan to contact the maker within the next couple days.

    March 4, 2011 at 7:09 pm #72036
    jan-fetty
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    I’ve heard there was
    April 16, 2011 at 2:11 am #72037
    eliza-morrison
    Participant

    It is really odd how sometimes twangs, plinks, buzzes, and bangs go away by themselves while I am trying to figure out what action to take. A mystery! I can understand a problem gradually developing, but gradually improving? Almost like the harp can heal itself! Anyway, glad it is getting better for you!

    April 21, 2011 at 5:16 am #72038
    Dwyn .
    Participant

    Sometimes it’s because of changes in humidity.

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