What I hate about being a harpist

[jennifer-buehler]

Weather changes messing up my tuning.

[unknown-user]

I miss my nails – for purely aesthetic reasons.

[David Ice]

Aside from the no fingernails thing (which my dogs really notice as they always go immediately to visitors for “real” scratchies, I hate it when you get the blank stares when you tell people you play “harp” and they hear “heart.”

[katerina]

Goodbye manicure, don’t cry about me. When my fingernails are longer than 2mm I’m starting to feel myself uncomfortable.

I hate that biggest bag in my band which I need to bear on my tender shoulder and pirple belt traces on mu skin. But the most i hate SUBWAY when I need to take somewhere fast in traffic-jam time – I’m shure, other people in metro hate me back.

[jennifer-buehler]

The potential of being sidelined by a minor finger injury (after having scraped my fingers witha serving utensil!)

Jennifer

[tony-morosco]

+++ But the most i hate SUBWAY when I need to take somewhere fast in traffic+++

Oh does that bring back memories. I have had more than a couple of instances where I had to haul a lever harp on the subway or buss and it is quite the experiences. And quite the conversation starter.

[Jerusha Amado]

I can relate to what Jennifer is saying!

[katerina]

Yes) It’s really terrible.

Else, I don’t know how’s in your region, but in my lever harps is still looking like something unusial.

[jennifer-buehler]

Not to be whiney because I’ve posted here recently but I really hate cold hands.

[Leigh Griffith]

Jennifer,

There are always dirty dishes in our house (four people, four different
schedules) so when I start feeling cold – especially hands – I wash a
few dishes in as hot water as I can stand. Warms up my arthritic hands
and gets a few dishes clean! Don’t forget the moisturizer afterward.

Leigh

[Briggsie B. Peawiggle]

Jennifer,

I noticed the same thing today, and I’m a real lover of the great outdoors. It just takes time for me to adapt to the cold. I remember my harp teacher being dismayed last year in the winter when I showed up for a lesson with bare hands. She said she can’t STAND to have cold hands, and I noticed this morning that it really bothered me to have cold hands too now. Weird…..I never noticed that before.

I have one of those hot wax things where you melt big chunks of wax and then put your hands in a few times into the warm wax and slip your hands into plastic mitts that are heated. I really feels GREAT during the Michigan winters. I think they sell them in the drugstores. I got mine from QVC a few years ago.

June

[unknown-user]

i hate the spots on my knee and right shoulder where the harp rests.

[Evangeline Williams]

speaking of wardrobe, I dislike not being able to wear some jewelry while performing (especially back during my pageant days.

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Esmeralda, since these spots are made by friction, here’s a thought: have you tried putting a scarf or towel across your shoulder when you practice, to avoid the harp resting right on that spot? And are you wearing a long skirt or pants when you practice? This might prevent a friction spot from appearing on your knee. If you already have tried that, I know this sounds ridiculous, but have you considered a knee pad of some sort? Also, glycolic acid (Reversa is one product that contains it) works like a charm to reduce skin imperfections.

[jennifer-buehler]

There was this time I forgot to wear a long skirt when I was supposed to play for my adult Sunday school.

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