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  • January 26, 2012 at 4:56 pm #70162
    Matisyahu Wolfberg
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    My budget is up to $1000 to buy a 22 string lap harp, what do you folks recommend?

    January 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm #70163
    olivia-diamond
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    I recommend a Stoney End Brittany or Eve.

    January 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm #70164
    jennifer-buehler
    Member

    It seems to me that there aren’t as many harp builders making 22 string as there used to be due to the popularity of 26-27 string therapy harps.

    With in your price range, I’d recommend either Music Makers or Stoney End.

    January 26, 2012 at 7:09 pm #70165
    Matisyahu Wolfberg
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    thanks, I will give it a whirl

    I just built myself a 22 string pvc harp, which took forever and a day to build and I am having a heck of a time tuning it

    I thought I would save money ha ha, time is money…

    January 26, 2012 at 9:08 pm #70166
    Matisyahu Wolfberg
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    ok, how many levers do you think I need to play folk music?

    January 26, 2012 at 10:33 pm #70167
    Leslie Jabara
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    I can speak regarding Irish traditional (as that’s what I play): you definitely need F & C levers, and if you can afford it, B levers.

    Those three would get you pretty far in most Irish traditional music.

    January 27, 2012 at 1:09 am #70168
    patricia-jaeger
    Member

    Please let the bottom string of a 22-string harp be 1 octave below middle C, so the left hand will have enough to do in bass clef!

    January 30, 2012 at 3:11 am #70169
    tonie-ogimachi
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    I love my 22-string Blevins Lyra. Great sound for a little harp!

    February 27, 2012 at 8:52 pm #70170
    A. Riley
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    Say more about your Lyra, please, Tonie — that one’s been tempting me for a while.

    March 11, 2012 at 10:26 pm #70171
    tonie-ogimachi
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    Mine’s fully levered in Cherry wood.

    March 12, 2012 at 1:30 pm #70172
    rose-grotjan
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    CHeck out the Marini family’s LAPHARP.

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