Transporting Lyon and Healy Troubadour

[Pamela Saunders]

I’m thinking of buying a Lyon and Healy Troubadour in the near future. I know it weighs a lot less than a pedal harp, but it’s nearly 5’6″ tall. What’s it like getting it up and down stairs? Would I need a harp cart?
Or just something like Music Maker’s harp wheels? Would either of them work well with the wheeled case or the regular cover that Lyon and Healy sells specifically for that harp?

[balfour-knight]

Pamela, I just did some checking. On harp.com I found the Wheeled Case–Lyon & Healy Troubadour. The item number is 800317, it costs $350. and weighs 15.7 lbs. The Troubadour itself weighs 38 lbs., so when this cover is on the harp, the total weight comes to 53.7 lbs. The wheels that come with this nice case should help a lot! How are you at coping with this much weight? I am a pretty strong male and used to moving a concert grand harp that weighs around 80 lbs. Its transport cover, with all the accessories, weighs around 20 lbs., so I am moving 100 lbs. or more. We use the 6-wheel harp caddy, which is wonderful climbing up and down stairs. My sweet wife is always there to help me, putting the harp in the car and getting it out, opening doorways, etc. I am now retired, so I will no longer have to move this large harp out of my house very often.

The Wheeled Case seems self-sufficient, and I doubt that you would need anything else to easily move the Troubadour. I hope someone else has an opinion about this, and I hope I have helped here.

Harp Hugs and best wishes,
Balfour

[Gregg Bailey]

Thanks, Balfour! It would be nice if we could hear from someone who has transported the Troub in that wheeled case!

-Gregg

[balfour-knight]

I agree, Gregg! The one drawback that I can imagine being a “problem” is that those wheels are very small. In times past, I have had to take my harps over lawns, fields, gravel, etc. and the large wheels of my harp caddy were nice to have! As long as you were dealing with smooth surfaces, those small wheels would work well.

Harp Hugs,
Balfour

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