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This topic has 71 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 17 years, 3 months ago by Audrey Nickel.

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January 4, 2009 at 4:21 pm #160771

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Audrey, we are all waiting! How does he sound? Are you happy with the tone, just might put one of these together if you are. All best.

January 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm #160772

Audrey Nickel
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Liam…I’m tuning, not playing, so what you’re seeing is my thumb on the tuning key.

I tried my Triplett lap bar with Aodhán, and it worked beautifully with some additional modification.

January 4, 2009 at 6:20 pm #160773

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Audrey greetings hope the tuning goes well!Do you know what the status of Dreamweaver harps is? His email does not work and he seems to be out of business for the moment or longer

January 4, 2009 at 7:32 pm #160774

Liam M
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LOLOL!! Just cheeking you Audrey!

January 4, 2009 at 9:12 pm #160775

Audrey Nickel
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His email should work…I communicated with him via email just the other day.

January 4, 2009 at 10:54 pm #160776

Karen Johns
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What a little beauty, Audrey- congratulations! I especially like the curved pillar.

I share your growing out process with my own locks- I call it “growing old gray-cefully“. LOL

January 5, 2009 at 6:15 pm #160777

Audrey Nickel
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Dennis…did you ever get a hold of Muis?

January 5, 2009 at 10:45 pm #160778

Liam M
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LOL!! Ohh and do I empathize with you Audrey!! That is why I sent for the Alaska Piks!

January 5, 2009 at 11:38 pm #160779

Karen Johns
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I’m tempted to order those Alaska piks myself, Liam! I usually play with the finger pads (eek!) and use the dreaded hitchhiker hand position (double-eek!). But I may break from “non-tradition” and attempt using these piks. Should I use the brass or plastic? I’m leaning towards plastic since it appears they offer these in small- my hands are tiny…

Karen

January 6, 2009 at 1:30 am #160780

Audrey Nickel
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You know, the two of you should consider joining the Wire Harp list at Yahoo (if you haven’t already).

January 6, 2009 at 11:20 am #160781

Liam M
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You’re

January 6, 2009 at 2:53 pm #160782

Audrey Nickel
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I went all the way up to pitch twice yesterday, and actually got it to hold long enough to play a simple tune.

We did have to take one set of the strings off because one of the pins was out significantly farther than the others, causing one of the strings to be completely offset, and putting a lot of stress on the pin.

January 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm #160783

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Audrey hi. I did get a hold of Muis through email. I had to change the address on his site to having one m instead of two. I plan to buy a Trinity as soon as I can afford one.

January 6, 2009 at 7:56 pm #160784

Karen Johns
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Liam,

Are you referring to the Clarsach society- wire division? I tried joining them too a while back and you’re right, they are complicated. Maybe we could start a wire-strung harp section on this forum. (Along with a do-it-yourself builder’s section!).

January 6, 2009 at 8:02 pm #160785

Karen Johns
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Actually, I have grown my nails out a wee bit and have plucked the strings with them. The main thing I noticed
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