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  • #158366
    deb-l
    Participant

    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.

    #158367
    harpglo-jean
    Participant

    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.

    #158368
    tony-morosco
    Participant

    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

    #158369
    jessica-wolff
    Participant

    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.

    #158370
    deb-l
    Participant

    Gloria, DS works for classical?

    #158371
    kay-lister
    Member

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

    #158372
    harpglo-jean
    Participant

    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

    #158373
    Jerusha Amado
    Participant

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

    #158374
    holly-kemble
    Participant

    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!

    #158375
    deb-l
    Participant

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

    #158376
    deb-l
    Participant

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

    #158377
    michael-rockowitz
    Participant

    Deb,

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

    #158378
    deb-l
    Participant

    that’s a fantastic video.

    #158379
    Karen Johns
    Participant

    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

    #158380
    sherry-lenox
    Participant

    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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