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February 1, 2010 at 3:33 pm #108467Maria MyersParticipant
What is your favorite harp among the ones that you own?
February 2, 2010 at 12:04 am #108468carl-swansonParticipantI own somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 harps, many of which I rent out. A few are antiques, one is a Pleyel Chromatic harp that I still have to decide what I’m going to do with. But the one that I would never sell is my Lyon & Healy number 300, built somewhere around 1898 and which I completely rebuilt for myself about 23 years ago. It’s one of those with a little bust of Wagner on the column, and it’s a 45 string instrument with an extended board. That’s the one I keep for myself and on which I have given many recitals. I love the clear sound, but also the fact that there is so much space in the first octave for my right hand(which I put there when I built the new neck). There are pieces that I play that I can only play on that instrument, because of the space in the first octave. Also, the pedals are light as a feather, much like the Erards.
February 2, 2010 at 12:28 am #108469Maria MyersParticipantIt sounds wonderful, Carl!
I rent a lever harp.
February 2, 2010 at 3:19 am #108470kathy-chanikParticipantHi, Maria.
February 2, 2010 at 4:12 am #108471Maria MyersParticipantGee, that Cithara sounds beautiful!
February 2, 2010 at 4:29 am #108472tony-moroscoParticipantIt would really depend. I have one pedal harp and three lever harps currently.
I really use the pedal harp most so if I really had to get rid of all but one I would keep that one. However, if it were a matter of just swapping out harps I could see myself swapping my current pedal harp for another. I would keep my Lyon and Healy Folk harp so long as I had a decent pedal harp as well. I wouldn’t want to part with it. I have had it for a long time. It’s traveled with me, and at one time was my only
February 2, 2010 at 12:14 pm #108473renate-kvalsvikParticipantOh my, the Cithara sounds like an incredibly beautiful harp. Do you have a picture of it?
February 2, 2010 at 12:52 pm #108474kay-listerMemberI have two, the Thormahlen Swan and the L&H 85E Concertino.
February 2, 2010 at 2:59 pm #108475Maria MyersParticipantCarl,
Actually, I thought you would say that the one harp you wouldn’t part with was the 1892 Erard French Gothique.
February 2, 2010 at 3:53 pm #108476carl-swansonParticipantWell you’re probably right on that one too. But if I had to choose one, and I could find a good home for the Erard-someone who knew how to take care of it properly and understood the necessity for that- I would probably sell the Erard. But we’re talking hypothetical here. In reality, I probably won’t sell either.
February 2, 2010 at 11:59 pm #108477Karen JohnsParticipantI currently have two harps, a Musicmaker Voyageur & a wire-strung Limerick. Wouldn’t part with either, they are part of my family.
Karen
February 3, 2010 at 2:01 am #108478william-weberParticipantYou have a Pleyel Chromatic? That’s 7/5 cross-strung, isn’t it? What condition is it in?
February 3, 2010 at 4:20 am #108479carl-swansonParticipantIt’s in excellent condition. It just needs a new set of strings.
February 3, 2010 at 4:21 am #108480kathy-chanikParticipantYes, the Sandpiper Cithara Nova has an unveneered soundboard.
February 3, 2010 at 4:31 am #108481Maria MyersParticipantHi Kathy,
What type of wood does it have?
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