World beater lever harps!

[unknown-user]

Hi Re,

Now you are a lucky lucky gurl…all those harps! And

[unknown-user]

Hi Helio,

Thanks so much for that…its useful to hear about the perspective from a professional pedal harpist. I have not heard of Habinski harps, but will definitely look them up. Thanks for describing this harp too, as so many of us have not heard of them and have not the opportunity to go and play them!

Cheers!

[Leigh Griffith]

Last summer at Somerset I was able to try the 36 string Llyr (next size
down from the Storm King) and the 34 string Fisher Eireann. I would
have gladly taken either one home, but my finances dictated a more
modest purchase. I am not complaining about my final decision to bring
home a 34 string walnut Triplett Sierra! I love my harp and think it is
definitely sounding better all the time.

Toward the end of the day when I had been trying harps for about six
hours, the very thin carbon strings in the upper ranges were quite
painful to pluck. One would need very serious callouses to play those
strings for any length of time! That was the only complaint I had about
the “Canadian” harps!

Leigh

[Anna MacArthur]

Hi Curls

Oh, Mark Norris harps make me drool!

[unknown-user]

Bring on Big bad gurl harp trouble! Yes, I often think if I had more money…I’d be

[unknown-user]

Yes, I agree about carbon fibre in the upper octaves..I was using them on my pedal harp and found that I got monster callouses very quickly, and had to file them down as I was getting an unattractive tone colour as a consequence.

[bernhard-schmidt]

Hi
Carbon strings in the high

[Tacye]

I have so far managed to persuade myself I do not need a Tim Hampson, but I do like his harps.

[sherry-lenox]

Unfortunately the website is a little iffy. The picture of the harps together is beautiful though.

[tony-morosco]

I currently have two lever harps.

One is a Lyon and Healy Folk harp. I

[m-l-mcneel]

Thanks, Re, for the mention of my “lovely Thormahlen.”

[unknown-user]

Thanks Mimi,

There is some really very useful info in that post, thanks for listing your music styles in particular.

[unknown-user]

Thanks for that Bernard, that is very good to know.

You were mentioning elsewhere some nylgut strings, and maybe when I finally get around to buying another lever harp, nylgut may be more readily available in this part of the world. As that sounds like a better option to me. I’ll talk to some of harp suppliers here and see what I can come up with.

Cheers.

[Anna MacArthur]

Hi Curls:

The Caferky harps I have seen are very similar to the Eireann harp that Larry Fisher makes.

[Kelly R]

I have 3 lever harps, about to be 2.

First is a Salvi Eire, which I’m selling (tomorrow actually).

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