When to get a pedal harp?

[karen]

You might want to consider a lever harp that is as close to a pedal harp as you can get without being a pedal harp. The Pratt Chamber harps look like a pedal harp with the extended soundboard and they sound an awful lot like a pedal harp. They use concert spacing and concert, pedal harp strings–often with L & H strings. Same tension as a pedal harp. 36 strings, Camac levers….beautiful workmanship.

[sherry-lenox]

Don’t forget the L&H CPO lists. A very nice instrument can sometimes be gotten for less than $8000 but you have to watch and be able to jump when you see one.

[brook-boddie]

There’s a very nice looking Chicago 40 on the CPO website right now.

[Cassie M]

Thank you all for your input! I’m sorry I took so long to respond. I like the idea of saving up for a bigger pedal harp, although I think I’ll have an extremely hard time parting with my Ravenna 26. I’ll continue to talk to my teacher about it. Thank you!

[Audrey Nickel]

Why would you want to part with it?

[Rachel]

I concur, I know many pedal harpists who own a smaller lever harp of some kind,

[barbara-brundage]

>it will fit in the trunk of most cars, for example

Yes, but please don’t put it there! A car trunk gets much too hot and too cold to be a safe place to haul a harp around.

[Audrey Nickel]

Not so.

[Audrey Nickel]

Lord… that should read “after 1990.”

[barbara-brundage]

Sorry, I’ve seen harps belonging to students that have suffered a lot from being hauled in trunks and I assure you they weren’t being lugged around in old junkers. Mostly pretty upscale vehicles, as a matter of fact.

The old rule still applies: would you transport a puppy that way? If not, not the harp, either.

[barbara-brundage]

Just to clarify: not saying this is the case with all cars, not by any means, but it’s a risky experiment to find out by experience whether it’s okay with your particular car or not. Glad it works for you, Audrey, but I wouldn’t chance it.

[michael-rockowitz]

Hi,
Seems like you could check the internal temp of your trunk by leaving a thermometer in it during the middle of

[Audrey Nickel]

That’s a good idea…the thermometer, that is.

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