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I shouldn’t have used the word “new”. Lyon and Healy answered some questions for me about new strings. There might be a mix of old and new strings on this harp. Some concepts to remember: metal strings don’t stretch as much and won’t need to stretch out.
Just in case anyone else searches this, I finally got a hold of my harp teacher who suggested that I tune a half step up and try to “hold it” there the next day by tuning to the same place, and then then up to full and work on holding it there. Taking about 1 week total to get it up to pitch and holding. She didn’t think it necessary to wait a day for humidity. Lyon and Healy suggested 5 hours of the harp getting used to the climate before tuning, and I will honor that.
I searched and found another thread here that talked about disengaging the disks (pedals in flat position) so that you are stretching the whole string, not just the area between the disk and the tuning pin. I will tune to C flat major at pitch and often there are a few very low or very high strings that do not have pedal cable and need to be tuned to C major or what a certain piece might need.
Any other thoughts from anyone on harp care after travel? I’m also wondering about inspecting it to make sure there are no problems.
It’s already on its way, almost here. Since it’s used, I didn’t think to contact L&H. “Bringing it back to pitch” are the words to use. On it! Thank you.
@alison Attar and @Richard-hagan I wanted to thank both of you for helping me find possible triple harps.
My mock-up helped me to know this wouldn’t work without other adjustments, as the strings crossed just one inch from the baseboard giving way too little room to play with the other strings that I would have made into flats and sharps. I’m still open to ideas. :1)
Thanks!@biagio I sent the email. :-). Thank you!
I bought into Harp Column’s Harp Academy. Has anyone used it? How did you use it? We’re there any particular lessons you found very helpful?
Elizabeth, I think few things in this world make me as blissed-out happy as singing your arrangement of Song to the Moon. I am still working at getting my high As and Bs at performance level, but my love for this piece has brought me far. My voice teacher plays it on the piano for me. I’m working on my harp skills to hopefully someday accompany myself with it. I love it so much that it really motivates me. Thank you so much!
To give credit, I went looking for names. The arrangement of Song to the Moon is by Elizabeth Volpe Bligh and is here at Harp Column Music.
The magical arrangement of Cossack Lullaby is by Evan Evan Booyens and I found it on m.free-scores.com
“Song to the Moon” by Dvorak is so beautiful. He wrote it for orchestra, but the harp is predominant. I found the arranged for harp and voice about two years ago online. I can’t remember where I downloaded it from— maybe harp column music, I’m not sure. It’s in Czech, but I think there is an English translation.
If you want to listen first, try Lucia Popp singing it, search on YouTube.Cossack Lullaby…. I also can’t remember where I found the arrangement but it’s the arrangement that was made for Aida Garifullina (search for her SJ gong this— SO beautiful! This arrangement is very special. I’ve never seen an arrangement that amplifies the meaning of the words to this degree. I don’t know the name of the arranger and I wish arranging for harp and voice is all they would ever do. Lol. It’s in Russian, check out the history of the lyrics and song because it’s pretty amazing.
I am training for classical soprano and I’m also a beginner at the pedal harp. I can imagine me visiting this thread many times. :). I know I will need to learn to arrange.
It sounds like you already contacted the folks at Stoney End– they are really helpful. I have enjoyed talking to them about the Stoney End that I brought. I usually call them to get new strings as they make them the right length and send them with the string “button” or bit of leather. Ask for them to send you the info sheet on the sizes and lengths for the Lorraine so that you can use other suppliers if you haven’t already. Happy harping! =)
