[Rachel]

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

[Rachel]

Kathryn Cater has a version of Caccini’s Ave Maria available through Melody’s for lever harp and violin.

[Rachel]

I use Remin Kart-a-Bag Tri Kart 800 with the extended handles.

[Rachel]

Which of the pieces that Saul mentions require 4 flats?

[Rachel]

Thanks for mentioning that Barbara.

[Rachel]

I know this is an old thread, but it’s a great list of music.

[Rachel]

I had a student of mine turn pages for me at several weddings so she could see both indoor and outdoor ceremonies in action. You need to have enough repertoire ready to present at consultations, decide on your fees,

[Rachel]

For real beginners, Susanna Lowy’s “Measures of Life” sounds nice and uses lots of treble clef.

[Rachel]

One other difference to note is the length of the warranty,

[Rachel]

You can do a lot with a 29-string harp, and you definitely do not want to tune your strings to notes not originally intended in the design.

[Rachel]

Some links to free music are here: http://www.madharpers.org/otherharpsites.html
but try to start off with lessons to develop technique, either in person or using skype.

[Rachel]

If you are looking for nice performance pieces that are more mellow (with a few exceptions), I really like the book Dawning of the Day by Laurie Rasmussen:
http://www.laurierasmussen.com/recordings.html.

[Rachel]

There’s also a free piece for small harp here (it does require one G lever flip):
http://www.thevirtualharp.com/

[Rachel]

Here are some examples of books that might be more appropriate for your harp:

http://www.folkharp.com/product/the-lap-harp-primer
http://www.folkharp.com/product/22-carols-for-22-strings
http://www.folkharp.com/product/the-lap-harp-companion
http://www.folkharp.com/product/songs-for-all-seasons

[Rachel]

You can do a Google search for “BBR” and “Harpcolumn” and find some other comments about the benches like this set: http://www.harpcolumn.com/forum/message-view?message_id=7268678

The bench I have is a very lightweight Shaker style bench that I have had for over 6 years, and it is comfortabl, and it’s holding up very well (and I am not a light person):
http://www.sweitzerandsweitzer.com/stools/lebanon_utility_stool.html

Good luck with your bench search!

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