[Audrey Nickel]

I don’t think that either of those makers make a starter harp in the price range of the Ravenna 26.

Jenny, I’ve had several professionals play my Ravenna, and they’ve all been impressed by the outstanding tone and overall quality.

[Audrey Nickel]

What’s wrong with the Ravenna?

[Audrey Nickel]

It’s going to vary a lot Anna, and there are going to be a lot of factors:

1) The difficulty of the tune

2) The difficulty of the arrangement

3) How much time you have to devote to practice

4) How involved you are with the tune (it’s a lot easier to learn a tune or an arrangement that you love!)

5) Your own dexterity

6) Your own, innate, ability to learn and retain music

These are going to vary from harper to harper, and from circumstance to circumstance.

[Audrey Nickel]

If you possibly can, I’d get C and F levers right off.

[Audrey Nickel]

Don’t just feel for the strings, Fiona.

[Audrey Nickel]

It’s a favorite Advent hymn at my church…you ought to hear the descant on the final verse!

[Audrey Nickel]

Sylvia Woods “Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp” will work quite well for a Harpsicle as well.

[Audrey Nickel]

No prob!

One of the nice things about these “multi-level” books is that, as she progresses, and becomes able to play the more advanced arrangements, the simpler arrangements still work very well as a way to vary the performance.

[Audrey Nickel]

I actually just found this myself:

http://www.harpcenter.com/page/SWHC/PROD/SWBooks/5921Z

While some of it is wedding music, and there are some Jewish celebratory songs included, most of the songs

[Audrey Nickel]

“Fake books” probably aren’t much use to you at this stage, as they’re generally just lead sheets.

[Audrey Nickel]

I agree with Tony here.

[Audrey Nickel]

That would be my take as well.

[Audrey Nickel]

Thanks for the input, Karen.

[Audrey Nickel]

Yep…Tony build “Frankie” out of PVC parts, following plans he bought from John Kovac:

http://www.johnkovac.com/piperharp.html

Here’s the finished result:

[Audrey Nickel]

I think what it comes down to with the Pakis is, unlike most harps, they are neither made by professional luthiers nor in regulated factories.

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