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What also really helps is listening to someone else play the harps you’re comparing. Stand back a few feet, and you may find the harps sound differently to you than they do when you’re playing them. Close your eyes or face away so you’re doing a “blind” test, so you’re not influenced by liking the appearance of one harp over the other.
Cheers,
AndyThere’s a Facebook group, “Sell or Buy Pre Owned Harps” that you could list in. It seems to be pretty popular, definitely worth a try!
Dusty Strings makes a Universal Tuning Key:
https://manufacturing.dustystrings.com/products/universal-tuning-wrench
The staff at the Atlanta Harp Center are great. They’re very knowledgeable and reputable. They know all about the harps they carry and will make picking out a harp a smooth process! I’ve not rented from them, but I have purchased several harps and wouldn’t hesitate to buy from them again.
Cheers, Andy
I’ve bought quite a few harps over the years, but never from individuals. But I’d be really concerned about paying for a harp in full before seeing/playing it in person. I’ve bought harps from Lyon & Healy directly, Virginia Harp Center, Sylvia Woods – established reputable dealers. With an individual I’d be concerned over what happens if you don’t like the harp. Is she going to refund your money (minus understandable travel fee or something)? Or would you be stuck with a harp you might not like?
Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA, where Brook was the organist/painist/harpist, is having a service on Saturday at 4 pm (Central time) and it will be livestreamed. Here is the info from their Facebook page.
Nelson Brook Boddie
10/29/1968 – 7/15/2020There is a profound silence in the Worship Center this morning. Our beloved Brook Boddie has passed away. He experienced a cardiac arrest this morning while in the hospital.
We know the heavens rejoice upon his arrival. A master musician to join in the chorus of heavenly worship! This, while our own hearts ache knowing the blessings of not only his musical gifts will no longer be present here, but also that his compassionate heart for service and his sly wit will no longer be witnessed on this earth. ��Brook is with the Father. We look to God for comfort, while we remember His enormous grace for us. For is it by this grace we will be together with Brook in Glory one day.
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The Memorial Service celebrating the life of Brook Boddie will be held at 4 PM on Saturday, July 18 in Worship Center North. The church doors will open for the service at 3:40 PM. (Face coverings must be worn by everyone entering the building and must remain on while in the building). Because we are still limited to 50% capacity, we will be live streaming this service here on Facebook. We will also offer overflow seating in Memorial Chapel.I second Balfour on all of that; I much prefer the 85P over the Chicago 40. Unfortunately, Lyon & Healy doesn’t make the 85P model anymore; but you can find them used fairly regularly. Check with the Atlanta Harp Center and the Virginia Harp Center – they’re incredible people to work with! The Daphne 40 is also good, and I myself have a Clio 44 with extended soundboard as my smaller harp – and it’s a great harp!
Cheers,
AndyHave you tried contacting Harp Canada at harp.ca? They have two locations, Toronto and Markham. The website says the have S
alvi harps, both new and pre-owned.If you’re looking at easy/late beginner, Sylvia Woods’ 50 Christmas Carols for all Harps is a staple. It comes either hard copy or PDF, and has two arrangements of each carol.
https://www.harpcenter.com/product/50-christmas-carols-sylvia-woods/
Cheers,
AndyWhere are you located? If you’re in the USA, you could try calling one of the harpmakers who does use Camac levers and see if they’d sell you one. I don’t know if they would, but it doesn’t hurt to ask! Thormahlen, Triplett, and Dusty Strings all use Camac levers.
Just as an example, Triplett uses blade levers with no bridge pins for their wire harps. You can see them on their website.
Hi, Elizabeth:
I’d recommend you contact Laurie Nielson at Markwood Heavenly Strings (www.markwoodstrings.com). She has 5,000 harp string charts on file; I’d be surprised if she didn’t have Pilgrim’s already. I’m sure she’d be able to help you out.
Markwood Heavenly Strings
PO Box 1137
Phoenix, Oregon 97535 USA
Phone: 541 535-7700Cheers, Andy
Hi, Gretchen,
I have used the Vanderbilt years ago, and liked them, but that was a different harp. I may try them again next time I need to restring!I highly recommend buying one octave only – say, the third – and trying them first. While the overwhelming majority love them and report them excellent, there are exceptions. I switched my Camac EX to them last year, and they sounded horrible. I left them on six months to see if they’d improve –
sadly, they didn’t, and I had to buy a whole new set of another brand (went back to Bow Brand!). On my particular harp, they were much less warm, and much less resonant. Every harp is different, so give ’em a try.
