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August 30, 2010 at 9:44 pm #158366

deb-l
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Just curious how many people have only one harp, are happy with it and not thinking of trading up or getting an additional harp at some point.

August 31, 2010 at 12:05 am #158367

harpglo-jean
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What I like best about my individual harps is their difference in tone and sustain…My favorite harp, if I had to pick one, is by far the walnut Dusty Strings 36S..It has, to my ears, the most absolutely brilliant tone for a variety of different music, from Celtic to Classical.

August 31, 2010 at 1:57 am #158368

tony-morosco
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I like my different harps because, well, they are different.

Pedal

Lever

Electric Lever

They each have their place in my musical tool box.

If

August 31, 2010 at 3:24 am #158369

jessica-wolff
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I have only one harp in playing order and it has a decent tone, a Lyon & Healy Troubadour I. If I had my druthers, though, I might well go for something else. I play classical and folk. The other harp, an Erard ram’s-head single-action, inspires me. It lifts my heart every time I look at it.

August 31, 2010 at 10:59 am #158370

deb-l
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Gloria, DS works for classical?

August 31, 2010 at 12:06 pm #158371

kay-lister
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I have a Thormahlen Swan 36 lever and a L&H 85E

August 31, 2010 at 3:34 pm #158372

harpglo-jean
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Yes it does…Check this YouTube video out by Paula Smith, she’s playing Vissi D’arte (Puccini) on a Dusty 36B (try to ignore the sales pitch, she’s a rep. for Morley Harps)…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNEl1qBVURo

August 31, 2010 at 3:47 pm #158373

Jerusha Amado
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I have a DS 36 (maple but with a warm, projecting tone–very much a
professional grade lever harp) and it works for classical.

August 31, 2010 at 6:59 pm #158374

holly-kemble
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I have a Rees Aberdeen Meadows that I really love. Rich, warm tone, wonderful sustain. I play it in the Celtic Harp group I perform with.

I also have a 26 string Irish Harp built by Craig Pierpont of Another Era Lutherie in Kentucky. It is for travel and I hope to play in hospitdals and hospice. It has a retractable cello peg that lets me sit and play, and also pegs for a guitar strap to play while standing. For a little harp, it has a big tone.

I can’t imagine not having both.

I covet a Lyon and Healy 23 or 30 pedal harp. We’ll see….I’ll have to rearrange my furniture to make room!

August 31, 2010 at 9:26 pm #158375

deb-l
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Gloria, you’re right classical sounds very rich on a Dusty FH36.

August 31, 2010 at 10:30 pm #158376

deb-l
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Seems almost everyone has a pedal harp as their favorite or hopes to have one someday.

September 1, 2010 at 12:58 am #158377

michael-rockowitz
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Deb,

I don’t own a pedal harp, and don’t wish to.

September 1, 2010 at 11:18 am #158378

deb-l
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that’s a fantastic video.

September 1, 2010 at 12:39 pm #158379

Karen Johns
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I’m with Michael- don’t own a pedal harp, and don’t EVER want one. They just don’t suit me, and I really don’t understand what the fuss is all about. Frankly, I don’t even like the way they look. But that is just me, and everyone has different tastes.

I have three harps, and love each one. My wire-strung Limerick and

September 1, 2010 at 6:33 pm #158380

sherry-lenox
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My ebony 85P was a great buy off the L&H CPO list.

Being a little “seasoned” myself, I have no objection to a used instrument in excellent shape, and that’s what the 85P was. I won’t bother to get into the economics, but it was far less expensive than even the very economical Chicago.

You have to keep your eyes open and be ready to jump!
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